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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.
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Contacts
The Magic Book is a database of contact details which currently contains 315 pages.
News and updates
All the latest updates can be seen on on the MHLO updates forum category. Here are the most recent:
- 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.
- 05/06/25: T110. Form T110: Application to First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health) (v05.25) — Application form for everything (including s2) except guardianship cases. The Gov.uk update notes state: "21 May 2025: Form updated with change to return address."
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To do
Things that will end up with their own MHLO pages, when I have time...
Email updates
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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.
Jobs
Events
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- MHLA: Panel course (London and online, 24-25 June 2025)
- MHLA: Advocacy, Risk and Cross-Examination Masterclass (London, 3 July 2025)
- 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)
Books
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