# Law and practice

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## [Independent social worker](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/independent-social-worker/170)

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**Author:** [@Karen](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/Karen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [10 November 2020 14:04 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/independent-social-worker/170 "2020-11-10T14:04:45Z")

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Well -that neatly brings me onto my other enquiry. Does anyone know of a good ISW? Neither of our former regulars are currently working.

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## [Giving tribunal date to client](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/giving-tribunal-date-to-client/168)

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**Author:** [@Karen](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/Karen)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [5 November 2020 13:49 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/giving-tribunal-date-to-client/168 "2020-11-05T13:49:23Z")

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A new fee earner joined our firm a couple of years ago. She has an agreement, going back many years, with a local hospital that she will not give the date of the tribunal to one of her established clients until the day o…

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## [Mental Health Tribunals for learning disability and/or autism](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/mental-health-tribunals-for-learning-disability-and-or-autism/157)

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**Author:** [@StevenR](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/StevenR)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [30 October 2020 13:25 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/mental-health-tribunals-for-learning-disability-and-or-autism/157 "2020-10-30T13:25:57Z")

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I am aware the MHT have a special panel for children’s cases but given the continued issues for people detained with learning disability and/or autism (latest CQC report) do they have one for LD/autism cases? If not shou…

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## [Deprivation of liberty and conditional discharge](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/deprivation-of-liberty-and-conditional-discharge/20)

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**Author:** [@Karen](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/Karen)\
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**Last updated:** [21 October 2020 10:55 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/deprivation-of-liberty-and-conditional-discharge/20 "2020-10-21T10:55:38Z")

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Increasingly I find that tribunals want to impose conditions on Conditional Discharge that the patient cannot stay away from the accommodation overnight without permission of the clinical team. I have argued that this co…

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## [15 Years of the MCA](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/15-years-of-the-mca/41)

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**Author:** [@AlexRK](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/AlexRK)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [11 October 2020 19:10 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/15-years-of-the-mca/41 "2020-10-11T19:10:34Z")

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You may be interested to see the recording of the webinar on 7 October 2020, reflecting on 15 years of the MCA, including Dr Lucy Series asking whether the MCA really is empowering, Polly Sweeney thinking about participa…

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