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	500	6 October 2020
Displacing Nearest relative Mental Health Act nr	3	120	5 March 2026
Concerned member of the public: Section 37/41 duration and conditions Mental Health Act	8	198	4 March 2026
Lawyer Advice Other lawyer-needed	3	177	3 March 2026
Prison sentence concurrent with s37/41 Mental Health Act	30	585	2 March 2026
Nottingham Inquiry -- evidence about CTO and s117 Mental Health Act	3	97	28 February 2026
MHA 2025, S.117 and the deeming provision: have they gone and (not) done it again? Mental Health Act aftercare	13	354	28 February 2026
Renewal of S3 detention completed 6 days before the statutory two month period set out in S20 Mental Health Act	7	227	27 February 2026
CTO statutory criteria Mental Health Act	3	490	26 February 2026
Patient on S3 goes AWOL and travels abroad for longer than a year - what happens? Mental Health Act awol	12	190	24 February 2026
Nottingham Public Inquiry Other	1	144	24 February 2026
Information suddenly withdrawn — nearest relative/advocate question Mental Health Act	5	189	19 February 2026
Detention in A&E under MCA -- while waiting for bed after MHA assessment Mental Capacity Act	10	333	18 February 2026
Compensation Payment Tariff in Secure Hospitals Law and practice	1	46	17 February 2026
Patient detained on S3 gone AWOL abroad - S3 expires and still not returned - what happens? Mental Health Act awol	11	265	15 February 2026
What percentage of people who are sectioned have nothing wrong with them? Mental Health Act	0	66	15 February 2026
How long a patient can be detained in a medical hospital until there is space available in a psychiatric unit? Mental Health Act	10	537	11 February 2026
S.117 and property damage Other	4	253	6 February 2026
Health & Welfare attorneys and Mental Capacity Assessment Mental Capacity Act	6	315	3 February 2026
CTO renewal papers (part 4 pre-dates parts 1,2 and 3) Mental Health Act mha-forms , cto	4	246	3 February 2026
FOIA request to NHS England: Section 135/136 Mental Health Act Detentions, subsequent Common Law Detentions and other actions Mental Health Act s136 , s135 , foia	13	523	3 February 2026
S135 actioned without warrant Mental Health Act	4	363	31 January 2026
DOH Referral - withdrawing Mental Health Tribunal withdrawal	21	1617	30 January 2026
Is the quality of Tribunal decisions declining? Mental Health Tribunal	9	385	30 January 2026
Ongoing lack of S117 Mental Health Act aftercare	14	448	30 January 2026
Independent reports Other	2	192	29 January 2026
Refusing treatment and wanting treatment on another ward because of past trauma and complaints Mental Health Act	5	219	29 January 2026
Scope of tribunal's power under s72 to recommend leave Mental Health Tribunal leave	4	267	26 January 2026
Two medical recommendations for s2 which are 99.9% identical Mental Health Act mha-forms	13	408	26 January 2026
Definition of independent decision making? Other	0	52	25 January 2026