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==Mental Health Law Online==
==Mental Health Law Online==
<section begin=about />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).  
<section begin=about /><span class="plainlinks">The internet resource on mental health law, and mental capacity law, for England & Wales. You can sign up for free [http://www.mhlo.org.uk/lists/index.php?p=subscribe&id=1 email updates], the [https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/ online forum] and the [[CPD scheme]] (which provides 12 hours for £60 and is suitable for lawyers and non-lawyers).</span>


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The main content of this website has been divided into [[Mental health case law|Case law]] ({{Count pages in category|category=Transcript¦No transcript¦Cases}}), [[Legislation]] ({{Count pages in database table|Legislation}}) and [[Resources]] ({{Count pages in database table|Resources}}), together with separate [[Information]] pages ({{count pages using template|template=Information-header}}) to link everything together.<section end=about />  

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Mental Health Law Online

<section begin=about />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 main content of this website has been divided into Case law (2,487), Legislation (393) and Resources (1,140), together with separate Information pages (335) to link everything together.<section end=about />

Forum topics


News and updates

All the latest updates can be seen on on the MHLO updates forum category. Here is the most recent:

  • 18/07/25: Mental capacity law newsletter. 39 Essex Chambers, 'Mental Capacity Report' (issue 152, July 2025) — "Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: what to do when an advance decision to refuse treatment may be in play, and the consequences of the gaps between services for those with disordered eating; (2) In the Property and Affairs Report: capacity in the rear view mirror: how does the presumption work?; (3) In the Practice and Procedure Report: disclosing position statements to observers; habitual residence, moving jurisdictions and ‘lawful authority;’ and the impact on P of being assessed; (4) In the Mental Health Matters Report: progress of the Mental Health Bill and the tort consequences of a finding of Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity; (5) In the Children’s Capacity Report: a depressing snapshot from the national DoL court, human rights of children in the social care system and capacity and gender-affirming treatment; (6) In the Wider Context Report: the Oliver McGowan statutory learning disability and autism training, and the pitfalls of facilitated communication (7) In the Scotland Report: joint attorneys in dispute: appropriate remedies and; “If at first you don’t succeed ...”: res judicata in tribunal proceedings."




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