Law and practice

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

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the "Law and practice" category Law and practice	0	503	6 October 2020
Section 136 -- FOI data from SLAM Mental Health Act s136	8	263	8 July 2026
Carers confidentiality and the MCA Mental Capacity Act	7	218	8 July 2026
Amendment of section papers using app that re-dates document with incorrect date Mental Health Act mha-forms	1	14	8 July 2026
How should the tribunal interpret the "necessity" criterion? Mental Health Tribunal	3	215	8 July 2026
Relinquishing nearest relative role after delegation Mental Health Act nr	4	161	3 July 2026
Defective Form A6 if reason for proceeding without consulting NR incomplete? Mental Health Act mha-forms	6	287	2 July 2026
'Valid consent' provided by advance statement? Mental Capacity Act dol	0	29	12 June 2026
If coercion is a necessary element of 'confinement' when could there ever be 'valid consent'? Mental Capacity Act dol	3	29	12 June 2026
What is a "Form 1-15 - Regulation 13 (1), (2) and (3)" compared with the usual Form H5? Mental Health Act mha-forms	4	174	24 June 2026
Prison and MOJ rules override of MCA 2005? Other mca	3	231	17 June 2026
Where does Cheshire West No. 2 and "valid consent" leave CD(Dep)? And CTOs? Mental Health Act dol	8	551	16 June 2026
Is the H5 - Section 20—renewal of authority for detention - form valid? Mental Health Act mha-forms	1	269	15 June 2026
Reflections on AGNI decision Mental Capacity Act dol	4	465	29 June 2026
MHA assessment of homeless person Mental Health Act mha-assessment	5	374	12 June 2026
Client in hospital under Section 47/49 originally in Court during Covid and given a life sentence Mental Health Act	4	258	1 June 2026
Information governance and data security in mental health services Other	2	202	1 June 2026
Any MHAAs here? Patient's name wrongly spelt on section papers Mental Health Act mha-forms	0	187	1 June 2026
CTO and international travel Mental Health Act cto	4	287	1 June 2026
The Use of AI Transcription in Assessments Other	16	319	28 May 2026
Patients transferred from Isle of Man Mental Health Act	4	162	28 May 2026
Research into online Mental Health Tribunals Mental Health Tribunal	0	75	27 May 2026
Legality of using s135(2) where MHA assessment completed but no admission application yet made Mental Health Act	4	411	25 May 2026
Validity of CTO recall and revocation where statutory forms completed out of sequence Mental Health Act cto	16	395	17 May 2026
Post-dating s23 Mental Health Act	5	288	14 May 2026
Section 37/41 via CPIA -- effect of remittal Mental Health Act	7	184	14 May 2026
Withdrawing an application against client's wishes when appointed under r11(7)(b) Mental Health Tribunal	4	167	13 May 2026
Time scale for submitting 3x files to LA for billing Other legal-aid	2	118	13 May 2026
Enforceability of new deprivation of liberty conditional discharge Mental Health Act conditional-discharge	13	445	11 May 2026
Ground leave vs community leave for s17 purposes Mental Health Act leave	3	152	9 May 2026