I was wondering if anyone was aware of the minimum number of Tribunal hearings you need to attend over the 3-year period in order to be eligible for re-accreditation?
I have recently qualified as a solicitor and will be splitting my time between Mental Health and another department, so I would like to know what amount of time I need to be affording to Mental Health Tribunals.
I have looked through the Law Society guidance but have not found a definitive answer. I was hoping that someone may have some knowledge or experience of this that they can kindly share?
You are right that there is currently no published minimum number of tribunals. I don’t think they have an unpublished number either.
The closest equivalent in the guidance is: “Applicants to the Mental Health Accreditation scheme are expected to have undertaken a substantial amount of mental health casework for a period at least six months within the 12 months preceding the application to the scheme”. The Law Society are currently applying this to re-accreditation too.
Other than that, you just need to “demonstrate your continued competence” via the four ways listed in the guidance.