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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 (2,487), Legislation (393) and Resources (1,138), together with separate Information pages (335) to link everything together.

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All the latest updates can be seen on on the MHLO updates forum category. The five most recent appear here. See also the "To do" list below.

• 03/07/25: Case (No complaint without consent). West Sussex County Council (24 017 091) [2025] MHLO 15 (LGSCO) — Ombudsman's summary: "We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s response to safeguarding and other actions relating to Mrs X’s mental capacity assessment. This is because we do not have consent from Mrs X to investigate, and nor do we believe Mrs Y can make a complaint about these actions, on Mrs X’s behalf, as her representative."

• 03/07/25: Event. Court of Protection User Group: Property and affairs meeting (online, 9 July 2025) — This meeting will be held at 2pm via Teams. Contact Natalie Cheesewright (Natalie.Cheesewright@Justice.gov.uk) if you wish to attend.

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To do

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

• 11/07/25: Osmond v R. [2025] EWCA Crim 835^B (04 July 2025)

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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.

Jobs

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• Mind, London/hybrid - Head of Legal maternity cover (deadline 29 June 2025)
• Mental health panel member seeking agency work (listed until 5 September 2025)

Events

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• MHLA: Conducting face-to-face hearings and basic case law for tribunals (Leeds, 9 September 2025)
• MHLA: Refresher and Re-accreditation course (online, 15 September 2025)
• MHLA: Foundation course (London, 7 October 2025)
• MHLA: Refresher and Re-accreditation course (online, 27 October 2025)

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