Law and practice

Mental Capacity Act Topics about, or mostly about, the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Other Law and practice topics that don’t fit into the other sub-categories. Mental Health Tribunal Topics about, or mostly about, the First-tier Tribunal’s mental health jurisdiction in England or the MHRT for Wales. Mental Health Act Topics about, or mostly about, the Mental Health Act 1983.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the "Law and practice" category Law and practice	0	519	6 October 2020
H5 section 3 renewal Mental Health Act mha-forms	4	121	28 September 2026
Advice wanted on being assessed by CMHT, sectioned and forced to sign financial LPA Other	8	315	28 September 2026
Early post-AGNI court judgments Mental Capacity Act	12	522	25 September 2026
Associate hospital managers and IMHA Mental Health Act	2	218	24 September 2026
AGNI ruling - paradigm psychiatric settings Other	1	335	17 September 2026
Section 133 (Duty of managers of hospitals to inform nearest relative of discharge) in practice Mental Health Act	2	131	16 September 2026
S117 service charge and rent Mental Health Act aftercare	7	539	11 September 2026
DOLS/Court of Protection order -- advice please Mental Capacity Act	5	434	7 September 2026
Monitoring the conditions to which mentally disordered offenders are subject during conditional discharge Mental Health Act	10	302	3 September 2026
MHA assessment quicker than CTO recall? (Also: definition of hospital) Mental Health Act mha-assessment , cto	30	408	1 September 2026
Nearest Relative - relative visiting from overseas Mental Health Act nr	4	310	1 September 2026
Section 117 choice of accommodation Mental Health Act aftercare	2	92	27 August 2026
Aftercare accommodation and being placed "on an involuntary (in the sense of being incapacitated) basis" Mental Health Act aftercare	6	174	26 August 2026
Medical treatment to address future sex offending risk Other crime , treatment	0	182	26 August 2026
LGSCO decision not to investigate Other	1	94	26 August 2026
S117/CHC/other entitlement to free mental health care Mental Health Act aftercare	8	355	25 August 2026
Mental-health and equality issues in ongoing civil proceedings Other lawyer-needed	2	171	23 August 2026
Aftercare accommodation and "original condition" Mental Health Act aftercare	7	396	18 August 2026
Where does Cheshire West No. 2 and "valid consent" leave CD(Dep)? And CTOs? Mental Health Act dol	19	845	18 August 2026
CTO revocation by covering RC who had not assessed patient Mental Health Act cto	11	412	17 August 2026
MHA Section 2 or Section 3? Mental Health Act	3	328	12 August 2026
Detention in A&E under MCA -- while waiting for bed after MHA assessment Mental Capacity Act	14	819	5 August 2026
RoL in the absence of DoL (and the safeguards) Mental Capacity Act	4	269	3 August 2026
Status of Health and Social Care Act 2024 statutory guidance requiring carers' involvement in discharge planning Other	5	117	25 July 2026
Can a LA remove a DoLS authorisation after a CoP order extending it? Mental Capacity Act	7	281	25 July 2026
Section 2 police procedure Mental Health Act	4	265	22 July 2026
Application made when someone is a conditional discharged patient continuing on recall? Law and practice	2	72	15 July 2026
Amendment of section papers using app that re-dates document with incorrect date Mental Health Act mha-forms	4	154	14 July 2026
Fresh forms needed when only bed is in hospital not named on s2 application? Mental Health Act mha-forms , mha-assessment	2	101	10 July 2026