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Mental Health Law Online

The internet resource on mental health law, and mental capacity law, for England & Wales. You can sign up for free email updates, the online forum and the CPD scheme (which provides 12 hours for £60 and is suitable for lawyers and non-lawyers). The abbreviations are similar but MHLO, MHLA and MHLR are all different.

The main content of this website has been divided into Case law (2353), Legislation (380) and Resources (1,037), together with separate Information pages (328) to link everything together.

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Contacts

The Magic Book is a database of contact details which currently contains 304 pages.

News and updates

All the latest updates to the website can be seen on on the MHLO updates forum category. The five most recent appear here.

11/09/24: Event. PELT: Becoming a Mental Health Act Administrator - the Basics (online, 23/10/24) — The course is designed to equip new or less experienced MHAAs with the tools to do their job effectively. It will assume little or no knowledge of the MHA. Speaker: Peter Edwards. Cost: £125 plus VAT (£150). See PELT website for further details and booking information.

11/09/24: Event. PELT: Introduction to the MHA, Code and Tribunals (online, 30/10/24) — The basic course is for all those who need an understanding of the MHA and Code and how it works in practice. It is aimed at all those whose work involves working with those detained, or who may be detained, under the MHA. Speaker: Peter Edwards. Cost: £125 plus VAT (£150). See PELT website for further details and booking information.

11/09/24: Event. PELT: Introduction to MCA and Deprivation of Liberty (online, 6/11/24) — Intensive introduction to all those who need a basic understanding of the MCA and DOLS. Identifying the ‘decision maker’ as the person responsible for the outcome of that particular decision is the key to lawful decision making on behalf of those who lack capacity. Speaker: Peter Edwards. Cost: £125 plus VAT (£150). See PELT website for further details and booking information.

11/09/24: Event. PELT: Introduction to COP, including s21A appeals (online, 13/11/24) — The Court of Protection has a very wide ambit potential touching the lives of many vulnerable people. DoLS and procedures are authorised or challenged and where arguments about capacity or adult protection and best interests are resolved. It is essential for those working with vulnerable people/safeguarding. Speaker: Peter Edwards. Cost: £125 plus VAT (£150). See PELT website for further details and booking information.

11/09/24: Event. PELT: Masterclass for MHA Administrators (online, 20/11/24) — This course assumes basic knowledge and experience and will examine the many demands of job and provide some effective and legal coping mechanisms. The course will enable a group of experienced MHAAs to get together and share both the demands of the job and some solutions. Speaker: Peter Edwards. Cost: £125 plus VAT (£150). See PELT website for further details and booking information.

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To do

Things that will end up with their own MHLO pages, when I have time...

13/09/24: Admin court JR guide Oct 2024 https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/24.85_HMCTS_Administrative_Court_Guide_2024_WEB1.pdf - https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/the-administrative-court-judicial-review-guide-2024-has-been-published/
13/09/24: Oliver v Oliver [2024] EWHC 2289 (Ch)^B (09 September 2024) Testamentary capacity
13/09/24: September 11, 2024 Phephisa Mabusa: Prevention of Future Deaths Report Mental Health related deaths https://www.judiciary.uk/prevention-of-future-death-reports/phephisa-mabusa-prevention-of-future-deaths-report/
11/09/24: "Mental Health & Justice was a Wellcome Trust-funded multi-disciplinary research initiative, running between 2017-2023, addressing a cluster of public policy challenges that arise where mental health and mental healthcare interact with human rights principles.".https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/mental-health-and-justice
11/09/24: Capacity Guide - Guidance for clinicians and social care professionals on the assessment of capacity https://capacityguide.org.uk/
11/09/24: Mental health rehab - the forgotten patients - Adam Eley speaks to patients with the most complex mental health needs who were sent by the NHS to specialist rehabilitation units, where they say their condition got worse. - File on 4 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0013hrt
11/09/24: s63 etc - North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust & Anor v KAG & Ors [2024] EWCOP 38 (T3)^B (12 July 2024)
10/09/24: Judges want prison sentences to be even shorter https://howardleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Sentencing-inflation-a-judicial-critique_September-2024.pdf
09/09/24: What is the Lampard Inquiry and what could it change? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9qgyye3y2wo
08/09/24: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice-points/new-release-provisions-for-prisoners-and-what-they-mean-in-practice/5120702.article

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CPD

The CPD scheme is primarily aimed at mental health solicitors, and is an ideal way to evidence your continued competence, but is also suitable for barristers, psychiatrists, social workers and psychiatric nurses. For £60, you can obtain 12 CPD credits.

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