Law and practice

Mental Health Act Topics about, or mostly about, the Mental Health Act 1983. 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.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the "Law and practice" category Law and practice	0	500	6 October 2020
Information governance and data security in mental health services Other	0	22	29 May 2026
The Use of AI Transcription in Assessments Other	16	254	28 May 2026
Patients transferred from Isle of Man Mental Health Act	4	140	28 May 2026
Research into online Mental Health Tribunals Mental Health Tribunal	0	37	27 May 2026
Client in hospital under Section 47/49 originally in Court during Covid and given a life sentence Mental Health Act	2	164	27 May 2026
Legality of using s135(2) where MHA assessment completed but no admission application yet made Mental Health Act	4	335	25 May 2026
Validity of CTO recall and revocation where statutory forms completed out of sequence Mental Health Act cto	16	297	17 May 2026
Post-dating s23 Mental Health Act	5	231	14 May 2026
Section 37/41 via CPIA -- effect of remittal Mental Health Act	7	163	14 May 2026
Withdrawing an application against client's wishes when appointed under r11(7)(b) Mental Health Tribunal	4	140	13 May 2026
Time scale for submitting 3x files to LA for billing Other legal-aid	2	104	13 May 2026
Enforceability of new deprivation of liberty conditional discharge Mental Health Act conditional-discharge	13	383	11 May 2026
Ground leave vs community leave for s17 purposes Mental Health Act leave	3	131	9 May 2026
Tribunal proceedings for s3 patient on remand in prison Mental Health Tribunal	5	203	8 May 2026
Conditional discharge recall and s117 responsibility Mental Health Act aftercare	26	1738	8 May 2026
"Supervised conditional discharge" Mental Health Act	6	153	7 May 2026
External supervision/support for mental health team Other	3	114	7 May 2026
Interplay between s3 and s48/49 Mental Health Act	6	271	1 May 2026
Looking for solicitor regarding 8 day CTO recall Law and practice lawyer-needed , cto	4	157	28 April 2026
Unrestricted s37 patient who needs supervision amounting to deprivation of liberty on discharge Mental Health Act	4	348	22 April 2026
Medical Scrutiny of Recommendations Mental Health Act mha-forms	4	340	15 April 2026
Advice to conduct a privileged review of medical records. MHA and Code of Practice Other	3	210	13 April 2026
CTO and AWOL , stopped medications Other	6	201	11 April 2026
Withdrawing "not to be disclosed" evidence Mental Health Tribunal	5	234	9 April 2026
Emergency physical treatment Mental Health Act	2	227	9 April 2026
Statutory treatment form due date for patient on CTO (following s2 then s3) Mental Health Act	1	124	7 April 2026
Tribunal panel using previous tribunal decision for criteria Mental Health Act s3741 , previous-decision	2	285	2 April 2026
S3 assessment if a CTO recall lapses Mental Health Act	9	339	1 April 2026
Training and learning areas for primary care Other primary-care	3	147	1 April 2026