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* Representation
** [[The role of the mental health lawyer]]
** [[Ethical and other conduct guidance for lawyers]]
** [[Case preparation]]

* Civil sections and CTOs
** [[Section 2: admission for assessment]]
** [[Section 3: admission for treatment]]
** [[Section 4: emergency admission for assessment]]
** [[Section 5: holding powers]]
** [[Section 7: guardianship]]
** [[Community Treatment Order]]

* Criminal sections
** [[Section 37: hospital order]]
** [[Section 37/41: hospital order with restrictions]]
** [[Conditional discharge resources]]
** [[Sections 47, 48 and 49: transferred prisoners]]
** [[Prison sentences]]
** [[Notional s37]]
** [[Section 45A: hospital direction]]
** [[Section 38: interim hospital order]]
** [[Section 135: Warrant to search for and remove patients]]
** [[Section 136: Mentally disordered persons found in public places]]
** [[Section 35: Remand to hospital for report on accused’s mental condition]]
** [[Section 36: Remand of accused person to hospital for treatment]]
** [[Section 37: guardianship order]]
** [[Section 43: committal by magistrates for restriction order]]
** [[Section 44: committal to hospital under s43]]
** [[Section 51(5): hospital order without conviction]]
** [[Detention under insanity legislation]]
** [[Admission order]]

* Aftercare
** [[Patients who are eligible for aftercare]]
** [[The aftercare duty and its duration]]
** [[The definition of aftercare]]
** [[Charging for aftercare services]]
** [[Which authority pays for aftercare]]
** [[Ordinary residence]] ...

* Mental Health Tribunal
** [[Tribunal Rules]]
** [[Mandatory and discretionary references]]

**{"expanded":true} Preliminary legal points
*** [[Standard and burden of proof (MHT)]]
*** [[Delay (MHT)]]
*** [[Re-sectioning after tribunal discharge]]

**{"expanded":true} Tribunal eligibility
*** [[Eligibility periods]]
*** [[Change in status during tribunal proceedings]]

**{"expanded":true} Commentary on some FTT matters
*** [[Overriding objective (MHT)]]
*** [[Applications (MHT)]]
*** [[Parties (MHT)]]
*** [[Victims (MHT)]]
*** [[Representatives (MHT)]]
*** [[Notice of proceedings, and listing (MHT)]]
*** [[Medical examination (MHT)]]
*** [[Remote hearings (MHT)]]
*** [[Recording of hearings (MHT)]]
*** [[Disposal without hearing (MHT)]]
*** [[Hearing in a party’s absence (MHT)]]
*** [[Decisions by a single judge (MHT)]]
*** [[Reports (MHT)]]
*** [[Evidence (MHT)]]
*** [[Non-disclosure of documents and information (MHT)]]
*** [[Directions (MHT)]]
*** [[Adjournment and postponement (MHT)]]
*** [[Withdrawal (MHT)]]
*** [[Reinstatement (MHT)]]
*** [[Decisions (MHT)]]
*** [[Public hearing (MHT)]]
*** [[Wasted costs (MHT)]]
*** [[Appealing against a tribunal decision (MHT)]]

* Nearest relative
** [[Patients who have a nearest relative]]
** [[Identification of nearest relative]]

**{"expanded":true} Nearest relative powers
*** [[Nearest relative powers - introduction]]
*** [[Nearest relative's right to receive information]]
*** [[Right to apply to Tribunal]]
*** [[Right to be consulted and to object to s3 admission]]
*** [[Right to discharge from guardianship]]
*** [[Right to request discharge of s2 or s3 or CTO]]
*** [[Dangerousness criterion]]

**{"expanded":true} Changing the nearest relative
*** [[Delegation by existing nearest relative]]
*** [[Displacement (appointment) by county court]]

** [[Nearest relative - miscellaneous]]

* Legal Aid
** Contracts
*** [[Standard Civil Contract 2014]]
*** [[Standard Civil Contract 2018]]
*** [[Standard Civil Contract 2024]]

** Main types of funding
*** [[Certificated (licenced) work]]
*** [[Controlled work]]

** Legal Aid eligibility
*** [[Merits tests]]
*** [[Means testing]]

** The scheme
*** [[The mental health fee scheme]]
*** [[Hourly rates and fixed fees]]
*** [[Escape fee cases]]
*** [[Legal Aid for appeals]]
*** [[Disbursements, including independent experts]]

** Other pages
*** [[Peer review]]
*** [[Transaction criteria]]
*** [[Legal Aid in the Court of Protection]]
*** [[Legal Aid Agency Liverpool Office]]
*** [[Legal Aid forms]]
*** [[Legal Aid guidance documents]]

** Legal Aid archive
*** [[Legal Aid information archive]]
*** [[Legal Aid News archive]]
*** [[Non-means-tested non-tribunal matters]]
*** [[Residence test]]

* Treatment
** [[Consent to treatment provisions]]
** [[Covert administration of medication]]
** [[Definition of mental disorder]]
** [[Dual diagnosis]]
** [[Improving Access to Psychological Therapies]]
** [[Insight]]
** [[Psychiatric information]]
** [[Psychiatric medication]]
** [[Psychopathic disorder]]
** [[Treatability test]]

* Mental capacity law 
** [[Capacity to consent to sexual relations]]
** [[Court of Protection Practice Directions]]
** [[Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards]]
** [[Interface between MHA and MCA]]
** [[Liberty Protection Safeguards]]
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<div class="fancytree-title">MISCELLANEOUS</div>

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* Courts
** [[Court of Protection]]
** [[Hospital Managers' Hearing]]
** [[House of Lords]]
** [[Inquests]]
** [[Mental Health Review Tribunal]]
** [[Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales]]
** [[Mental Health Tribunal]]
** [[Parole Board]]
** [[Upper Tribunal]]

* Forms
** [[Court of Protection forms]]
** [[Judicial review forms]]
** [[Mental Health Act 1983 Statutory Forms]]
** [[Tribunal forms]]

* General information pages
** [[Children and mental health law]]
** [[Civil restraint order]]
** [[Complaints procedure]]
** [[Consultations]]
** [[Electronic signatures]]
** [[Euthanasia and assisted suicide]]
** [[Ian Brady]]
** [[Independent investigations]]
** [[Jury service]]
** [[Leave of absence]]
** [[Mental disorder and driving]]
** [[Ministry of Justice]]
** [[Miscellaneous external links]]
** [[Murder]]
** [[Newsletters]]
** [[Nuisance or disturbance on hospital premises]]
** [[Power to specify hospital units]]
** [[Public tribunal hearings]]
** [[Repatriation]]
** [[Reports to Prevent Future Deaths]]
** [[Smoking]]
** [[Summary of routes to discharge]]
** [[Summary of types of detention]]
** [[Transfer]]
** [[Victims of crime]]
** [[Victims' rights to make representations and receive information]]
** [[Voting rights for detained patients]]
** [[Welfare benefits]]

* Glossary pages 
** [[Glossary]]
** [[Key sources of information]]
** Other glossary pages
*** [[Adult Social Care]]
*** [[Advance decision]]
*** [[Application of MHA 1983 to Armed Forces]]
*** [[Barring order]]
*** [[Brief glossary]]
*** [[British National Formulary]]
*** [[Care Programme Approach]]
*** [[Compulsory treatment]]
*** [[Displacement proceedings]]
*** [[Enduring Power of Attorney]]
*** [[Extra-statutory recommendations]]
*** [[Guardianship]]
*** [[High secure hospital]]
*** [[Home Office Circulars]]
*** [[IPP]]
*** [[Judicial review]]
*** [[Judicial review pre-action protocol]]
*** [[Lasting Power of Attorney]]
*** [[Learning disability]]
*** [[Mental disorder]]
*** [[Part 36]]
*** [[Prison law]]
*** [[Recall]]
*** [[Recommendations]]
*** [[Responsible authority]]
*** [[Sexual Harm Prevention Order]]
** Professionals
*** [[Appropriate adult]]
*** [[Approved Mental Health Professional]]
*** [[Approved Social Worker]]
*** [[Independent Mental Capacity Advocate service]]
*** [[Independent Mental Health Advocate service]]
*** [[Responsible Clinician]]
*** [[Responsible Medical Officer]]
*** [[Second Opinion Appointed Doctor]]
** Types of detention
*** [[All types of detention]]
*** [[Summary of the detaining sections]]
** Types of discharge
*** [[Deferred discharge]]
*** [[Deferred discharge of unrestricted patient]]
*** [[Full discharge of unrestricted patient]]
*** [[Summary of types of discharge]]
*** [[Supervised discharge]]
** Types of patient
*** [[Restricted patient]]
*** [[Technical lifer status]]
*** [[Unrestricted patient]]

* Legislation overviews 
** [[Mental Capacity Act 2005 Overview]]
** [[Mental Health Act 1983 Overview]]
** [[Mental Health Act 2007 in force dates]]
** [[Mental Health Act 2007 Overview]]

* Organisations 
** [[Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council]]
** [[All Party Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid]]
** [[Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales]]
** [[Care Services Improvement Partnership]]
** [[Civil Contracts Consultative Group]]
** [[Commission for Social Care Inspection]]
** [[Community Care (company)]]
** [[Court of Protection User Group]]
** [[Crown Prosecution Service]]
** [[Department of Health and Social Care]]
** [[Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry]]
** [[European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights]]
** [[Family Law Week]]
** [[Fixated Threat Assessment Centre]]
** [[General Medical Council]]
** [[Gov.uk website]]
** [[Health Professions Council]]
** [[Healthcare Commission]]
** [[Healthcare Inspectorate Wales]]
** [[House of Lords Select Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005]]
** [[HUDOC]]
** [[International Classification of Diseases (ICD)]]
** [[International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law]]
** [[Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill]]
** [[Judiciary]]
** [[Law Commission]]
** [[Legal Ombudsman]]
** [[Legislation.gov.uk]]
** [[MAPPA]]
** [[Mental Health Act Commission]]
** [[Mental Health Lawyers Association]]
** [[National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health]]
** [[National Mental Health Development Unit]]
** [[National Policing Improvement Agency]]
** [[Office of Fair Trading]]
** [[Office of Public Sector Information]]
** [[Office of the Public Guardian]]
** [[Official Solicitor]]
** [[PPMHG]]
** [[Royal College of Psychiatrists]]
** [[Sentencing Council]]
** [[Solicitors Regulation Authority]]
** [[Statute Law Database]]
** [[Tribunal Procedure Committee]]
** [[Venice Commission]]
** Care Quality Commission pages
*** [[Care Quality Commission]]
*** [[CQC - DOLS reports]]
*** [[CQC - MHA reports]]
*** [[CQC - Other links]]
*** [[CQC - State of Care reports]]
*** [[CQC - Surveys]]
** Charities
*** [[Bailii]]
*** [[Incorporated Council of Law Reporting]]
*** [[Inquest (Charity)]]
*** [[Mind (Charity)]]
*** [[Rethink Mental Illness]]
*** [[Social Care Institute for Excellence]]

* Statistics 
** [[Statistics - NHS Digital - Detention and CTO]]
** [[Statistics - NHS Digital - DOLS]]
** [[Statistics - NHS Digital - Guardianship]]
** [[Statistics - NHS Digital - Other]]
** [[Statistics - Tribunal]]
** [[Statistics - Legal Aid]]
** [[Statistics - Ministry of Justice]]
** [[Statistics - Miscellaneous]]
** [[Statistics - Welsh Assembly Government]]
** [[Statistics - Ethnicity]]
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<div class="fancytree-title">ELSEWHERE</div>

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* Other jurisdictions 
** [[Northern Ireland]]
*** [[Mental health law in Northern Ireland]]
*** [[Review Tribunal (Northern Ireland)]]
** [[Scotland]]
*** [[Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland]]
*** [[Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland]]
*** [[Mental health law in Scotland]]
** [[Southern Ireland]]
*** [[Mental health law in Southern Ireland]]
** [[Wales]]
*** [[Mental health law in Wales]]
*** [[Welsh Assembly emails archive (2010-2012)]]

* International law
** [[The ECHR and mental health law]]
** [[The CRPD and mental health law]]
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<div class="fancytree-title">HISTORICAL</div>

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* Coronavirus 
** [[Coronavirus resources]]
** [[Mental Health Tribunal and coronavirus]]
** [[MHRT for Wales and coronavirus]]
** [[MHT for Scotland and coronavirus]]
** [[Court of Protection and coronavirus]]
** [[Remote assessments and coronavirus]]
** [[Legal Aid and coronavirus]]
** [[Mental capacity and coronavirus]]

* Changes made by MHA 2007
** [[16- or 17-year-old with capacity cannot be detained on basis of parental consent]]
** [[Abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct is only a consideration for learning disability (not personality disorder)]]
** [[Additional safeguards for ECT introduced in new s58A]]
** [[Appropriate treatment test replaces treatability test and applies to all patients under long-term detention]]
** [[Approved Mental Health Professional replaces Approved Social Worker]]
** [[Automatic reference scheme under s68 changed]]
** [[Bournewood gap bridged by Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards inserted into MCA 2005]]
** [[Civil partners are treated as if married when determining nearest relative]]
** [[Conditionally-discharged hospital direction patients can be absolutely discharged by MHRT]]
** [[Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Act 2004 applies to unrestricted criminal patients]]
** [[Fundamental principles set out in Act and included in Code of Practice]]
** [[Higher penalties for offences under Act]]
** [[Hospital direction patients can no longer apply to Tribunal during first six months]]
** [[Hospital directions under s45A apply to any mental disorder]]
** [[Legal status of Code of Practice set out in Act]]
** [[Limitation to the exceptions to the duty to instruct IMCA]]
** [[Mental disorder no longer split into separate classifications]]
** [[Minor drafting error in MCA 2005 corrected]]
** [[New cross-border arrangements for leave and transfer]]
** [[New definition of medical treatment]]
** [[New Independent Mental Health Advocate scheme]]
** [[New procedure for renewal of detention]]
** [[New regulations on conflicts of interest]]
** [[New requirements for age-appropriate accommodation for children]]
** [[NHS Foundation Trusts discharge power problem remedied]]
** [[Organisation of Mental Health Review Tribunal changed]]
** [[Patient can apply to displace nearest relative, who can now be displaced on grounds of unsuitability]]
** [[Patients can be transferred between places of safety under s135 and s136]]
** [[Procedure for making of instruments by Welsh Ministers set out]]
** [[Reference to Local Health Boards inserted into Act]]
** [[Responsible Clinician/Approved Clinician replaces Responsible Medical Officer]]
** [[Restriction orders can no longer be time-limited]]
** [[SOAD certificate becomes invalid when patient loses or gains capacity]]
** [[Some exclusions to definition of mental disorder have been removed]]
** [[Supervised Community Treatment replaces Supervised Discharge]]
** [[Transitional provisions until full implementation of MHA 2007]]
** [[Treatment while under SCT is covered by new Part 4A]]
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