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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 £75 and is suitable for lawyers and non-lawyers). You can advertise your job vacancies and events here, or browse the bookshop. The main content of this website has been divided into Case law (2472), Legislation (391) and Resources (1,121), together with separate Information pages (334) to link everything together.

Forum topics

View all topics...

Contacts

The Magic Book is a database of contact details which currently contains 315 pages. Add or view contacts.

News and updates

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

06/06/25: MHLA panel course now hybrid — The MHLA's mental health tribunal panel course on 24-25 June 2025 will now be a hybrid event (London and online) and the booking deadline has been moved to 19 June 2025. See MHLA: Panel course (London and online, 24-25 June 2025) for details.

Consultations

No open consultations.

To do

A glimpse into the to do list:

02/06/25: Pippa McManus inquest https://www.inquest.org.uk/pippa-mcmanus-inquest-findings https://www.inquest.org.uk/pippa-mcmanus-inquest-opening DSA:Safeguarding - Reviews pre 2018

Email updates

Choose occasional and/or monthly update emails. To sign up, please go to the email updates subscription page.

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 £75, you can obtain 12 CPD credits.

Jobs

Advertise your job vacancies here

Mental health panel member seeking agency work (listed until 5 September 2025)

Events

Advertise your events here

Books

Please support MHLO by clicking Amazon or Bookshop.org before you buy books (or, in Amazon's case, anything). View all books...

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-An internet resource on mental health law in England & Wales, primarily for mental health practitioners, to which anyone can contribute.
+==Mental Health Law Online==
+{{Main Page introduction}}<!--Appears here and on About page-->
-There are currently three sections to this website, which hopefully will develop as follows:
+<div class="row" style="font-size:90%">
+<div class="large-3 columns"><!--column 1-->
-<table width=85% align="center">
+<div class="main-box" style="border-color: #3AB54A">
-<tr>
+<h4 class="subheader main-subheader" style="background-color: #3AB54A"><i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;Forum topics</h4>
-<td align="center" style="background-color: #e2e2ff" width=33%>'''Caselaw'''</td>
+<div class="main-box-content">
-<td>&nbsp;</td>
+{{#widget:forum topics}}
-<td align="center" style="background-color: #E8F1FF" width=33%>'''Legislation'''</td>
+* <span class="plainlinks">[https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/ '''View all topics...''']</span>
-<td>&nbsp;</td>
+</div>
-<td align="center" style="background-color: #faf9b2" width=33%>'''General information'''</td>
+</div>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style="border: 2px solid #e2e2ff" valign="top"><br>[[Mental health caselaw|Regularly updated commentaries on the cases, with links to the full text judgments on Bailii.(Bailii contains nearly every judgment, but no specific commentary.)]]<br>&nbsp;</td>
-<td>&nbsp;</td>
-<td style="border: 2px solid #E8F1FF" valign="top"><br>[[Mental Health Act 1983|A simple and up-to-date commentary on the Mental Health Act 1983 and related legislation.]]<br></td>
-<td>&nbsp;</td>
-<td style="border: 2px solid #faf9b2" valign="top"><br>[[General information|General articles to explain the concepts and terminology used in the caselaw and legislation sections.]]<br></td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-The current content is skeletal; you are encouraged to add flesh to the bones. The process is simple. At the top of each page there is an 'Edit' option – just click on it, edit the page, then click 'Save'. Select '[[Help:Contents|Help]]' on the navigation menu for further information.
+<div class="main-box" style="border-color: #000000">
+<h4 class="subheader main-subheader" style="background-color: #000000"><i class="fa fa-address-book" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;Contacts</h4>
+<div class="main-box-content">
+<p>The Magic Book is a database of contact details which currently contains '''{{#cargo_query:tables=Contact|fields=COUNT(*)|group by='()'}}''' pages. [[Contact:Magic Book#top|Add or view contacts]].</p>
+</div>
+</div>
-Inspired by [http://www.wikicrime.co.uk WikiCrime]. What is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki]?
+</div><!--column 1-->
+<div class="large-6 columns"><!--COLUMN 2-->
+<div class="main-box" style="border-color: #BF1E2E">
+<h4 class="subheader main-subheader" style="background-color: #BF1E2E"><i class="fa fa-file-text" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;News and updates</h4>
+<div class="main-box-content">
+All the latest updates to the website can be seen on on the <span class="plainlinks">[https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/c/mhlo-updates/10 MHLO updates]</span> forum category. The most recent appears here.
+{{Show news on main page|1}}
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="main-box" style="border-color: #F1592A">
+<h4 class="subheader main-subheader" style="background-color: #F1592A"><i class="fa fa-question-circle" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;Consultations</h4>
+<div class="main-box-content">
+{{#cargo_query:
+tables=Resources
+|format=ul
+|where=( Date_closed >= NOW() OR Date_closed IS NULL ) AND Type HOLDS 'Consultation'
+|group by=_pageName
+|default=No open consultations.
+|intro=<p>Open consultations:</p>
+}}
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="main-box" style="border-color: #E37151">
+<h4 class="subheader main-subheader" style="background-color: #E37151"><i class="fa fa-list-ul" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;To do</h4>
+<div class="main-box-content" style="overflow-wrap: break-word">
+A glimpse into the [[Todo:{{CURRENTYEAR}}|to do list]]:
+{{todo latest}}
+</div>
+</div>
+</div><!--end of column 2-->
+<div class="large-3 columns"><!--COLUMN 3-->
+<div class="main-box" style="border-color: #9EB83B">
+<h4 class="subheader main-subheader" style="background-color: #9EB83B"><i class="fa fa-envelope" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;Email updates</h4>
+<div class="main-box-content">
+Choose occasional and/or monthly update emails. To sign up, please go to the '''<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.mhlo.org.uk/lists/index.php?p=subscribe&id=1 email updates subscription page]</span>'''.
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="main-box" style="border-color: #ED207B">
+<h4 class="subheader main-subheader" style="background-color: #ED207B"><i class="fa fa-graduation-cap" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;CPD</h4>
+<div class="main-box-content">
+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 £75, you can obtain 12 CPD credits.
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="main-box" style="border-color: #A461EF">
+<h4 class="subheader main-subheader" style="background-color: #A461EF"><i class="fa fa-briefcase" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;Jobs</h4>
+<div class="main-box-content">
+{{Jobs titles}}
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="main-box" style="border-color: #F7941D">
+<h4 class="subheader main-subheader" style="background-color: #F7941D"><i class="fa fa-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;Events</h4>
+<div class="main-box-content">
+{{Events titles}}
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="main-box" style="border-color: #666666">
+<h4 class="subheader main-subheader" style="background-color: #666666"><i class="fa fa-book" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;Books</h4>
+<div class="main-box-content">
+Please support MHLO by clicking [https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=mentalhealthlaw-21 Amazon] or [https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/mentalhealthlaw Bookshop.org] before you buy books (or, in Amazon's case, anything). '''[[Books|View all books...]]'''
+</div>
+</div>
+</div><!-- column 3-->
+</div><!--main row-->
+__NOTOC__
+__NOCACHE__