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	491	6 October 2020
Impact of Mazur on Mental Health Law? Other	5	189	26 November 2025
S117 and quashed sentence Mental Health Act aftercare	2	76	26 November 2025
Cheshire West 2 and the objective element Mental Capacity Act	6	129	26 November 2025
Cheshire West logic Mental Capacity Act	11	265	26 November 2025
Clinical scrutiny of Scottish Detention Paperwork Mental Health Act	1	84	25 November 2025
Advice needed on how best to read medical records Mental Health Act	10	165	25 November 2025
Nearest relative identification -- adoptive and biological parents Mental Health Act	2	160	24 November 2025
Absence of proof of medical scrutiny invalidates detention? Mental Health Act	4	57	24 November 2025
Challenging perceived risk (no longer allowed to self-medicate) Mental Health Tribunal	4	105	23 November 2025
Whether Modaresi principle applies generally Mental Health Tribunal	2	111	23 November 2025
Tribunal application rights of NR and patient on s37 Mental Health Act nr	3	112	22 November 2025
Effect of release on CTO revocation tribunal referral Mental Health Tribunal cto , referral	2	82	20 November 2025
MHA contravening ECHR? Other	4	146	19 November 2025
Why did ambulance and police refuse to convey patient from home to hospital after s2 assessment? Mental Health Act	3	190	19 November 2025
Concurrent DOLS & Section 2 MHA recommendations Mental Capacity Act	5	67	19 November 2025
S117 being ignored Law and practice	0	21	19 November 2025
Section 5(2) - H1 part 2 Mental Health Act mha-forms	10	188	19 November 2025
All covertly medicated patients on dementia ward moved from DOLS to s3 -- why? Mental Capacity Act treatment	5	177	18 November 2025
Cheshire West 2 and the subjective element Mental Capacity Act	4	79	18 November 2025
Rapid Tranq s62/T3/common law Other	2	106	18 November 2025
Right Care Right Person -- Prevention of Future Deaths reports Other	4	108	18 November 2025
Consequence of notional conditional discharge for s.47/49 IPP patient Mental Health Tribunal	6	112	17 November 2025
Scrambled tribunal decision Mental Health Tribunal	12	316	14 November 2025
Can NR apply to tribunal when barred from discharging s2? Mental Health Tribunal nr	1	166	13 November 2025
Section 2 start date Mental Health Act mha-forms	1	125	13 November 2025
Rule 11(7)(a) appointments by tribunal office Law and practice	2	86	13 November 2025
Independent doctor for MHT reports Mental Health Tribunal independent-expert	0	20	13 November 2025
Legal representation for nearest relative and patient at tribunal Mental Health Act nr	5	180	9 November 2025
Justification for move from s2 to s3 Mental Health Act mha-assessment	2	148	8 November 2025