Law and practice

Other Law and practice topics that don’t fit into the other sub-categories. 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. 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	481	6 October 2020
Patient under s5(2) - NR objection to s3 Mental Health Act nr	9	50	29 May 2025
Role of LPAs in identifying alternative options in s21A proceedings Mental Capacity Act	2	14	29 May 2025
Medication imposed in community after discharge Mental Health Act treatment	24	280	28 May 2025
3rd CTO recall back to back Mental Health Act cto	2	36	28 May 2025
Advice about CTO tribunal -- hearing imminent but not heard from solicitor Mental Health Tribunal	8	233	15 March 2025
Mental Health Act assessment request not taken to appropriate interview after triage Mental Health Act	3	88	27 May 2025
Repatriation of foreign nationals (restricted patients) Law and practice	4	280	27 May 2025
Can s135 be used in a hotel? Mental Health Act	2	160	25 May 2025
Dismissal of a Hospital (Mental Health Act) Panel Manager Law and practice	2	78	22 May 2025
Confusion over patient's legal status after restricted hospital order received from court but not from MOJ Mental Health Act	2	41	22 May 2025
Question about next of kin and social security appointeeship Other	4	140	21 May 2025
Level of corporate fines for criminal conduct Other	0	41	18 May 2025
Clarification of dates on H5 renewal form Mental Health Act	2	76	17 May 2025
Rule 11(7)(a) and lack of express instructions Mental Health Tribunal	13	301	16 May 2025
Article 9 Rights Other risk , rights	0	83	15 May 2025
Section 68(2) referral, then discharged on s7 Guardianship -- does the Tribunal retain jurisdiction? Mental Health Tribunal referral , status-change	1	59	15 May 2025
Timeframe for conveying to hospital after application made Mental Health Act	2	94	13 May 2025
CQC approach to unlawful psychiatric detention Mental Health Act cqc	1	87	9 May 2025
Queries about second unrestricted hospital order Mental Health Act	5	51	9 May 2025
Definition of "hospital managers" Mental Health Act	20	240	8 May 2025
Potential reduction in paper hearings for CTO patients Mental Health Tribunal referral , cto	8	95	7 May 2025
RCs interfering in patients' tribunal application decisions Mental Health Tribunal	2	100	5 May 2025
Section 37/41 patient ending up on s47/49 Mental Health Act	5	195	5 May 2025
DPA issues Other	1	34	5 May 2025
Homicide & Insanity x 2 Other homicide , insanity	0	58	4 May 2025
Freedom of Information Act Other	2	35	3 May 2025
Discharging a patient without the RC seeing them Mental Health Act leave	2	69	2 May 2025
Covert medication and help with FOI request to Medical Practitioners Tribunal Other	10	272	2 May 2025
Representing two separate section 2 patients who are in dispute with each other Mental Health Act	2	111	2 May 2025