# Tribunal lay person

**URL:** <https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/tribunal-lay-person/1230>\
**Category:** Mental Health Tribunal\
**Created:** [20 September 2022 13:28 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/tribunal-lay-person/1230 "2022-09-20T13:28:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Clare](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Clare](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/Clare)\
**Post date:** [20 September 2022 13:28 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/tribunal-lay-person/1230/1 "2022-09-20T13:28:37Z")

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Hi All,  
Does anybody know where or how to apply to be a lay person on a MHA Tribunal, please?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![SteveC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@SteveC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/SteveC)\
**Post date:** [20 September 2022 14:15 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/tribunal-lay-person/1230/2 "2022-09-20T14:15:42Z")

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Join the mailing list at the Judicial Appointments Commission. They have just recently advertised for Specialist Members to the MH Tribunal, and recruited previously about a year ago.

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**Author:** ![Joolsleeds](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/user_avatar/forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/joolsleeds/32/56_2.png) [@Joolsleeds](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/Joolsleeds)\
**Post date:** [20 September 2022 14:16 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/tribunal-lay-person/1230/3 "2022-09-20T14:16:45Z")

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The Judicial Appointments Commission occasionally advertises for Non-legal vacancies which includes Lay members for FTT (mental health) - but they don;t seem to come up very often.

> **[Judicial Appointments Commission](https://judicialappointments.gov.uk/)**
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> Visit the post for more.

I’m not sure if there are other routes.

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**Author:** ![GuyDavis](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/eb9ed0/32.png) [@GuyDavis](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/GuyDavis)\
**Post date:** [20 September 2022 14:25 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/tribunal-lay-person/1230/4 "2022-09-20T14:25:46Z")

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The Judicial Appointments Commission website is the place to look, but the most recent deadline for applications was on 28/06/2022.