View source for October 2008 chronology

See [[October 2008 update]] for a summary of these changes.

*31/10/08: Welsh secondary legislation added... [[Mental Health Act 1983 Approved Clinician (Wales) Directions 2008]] (made 20/10/08, comes into force 3/11/08)

*31/10/08: Cases added... [[R (M) v Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust (2008) EWCA Civ 197]] (displacement, permission hearings) and [[MH v UK 11577/06 (2008) ECHR 181‎]] (displacement). Detailed summary added to [[R v Aisling Murray (2008) EWCA Crim 1792]] (criminal)

*30/10/08: Case added... [[M v South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust (2008) EWCA Civ 1112]] (miscellaneous - habeas corpus)

*30/10/08: Some Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards draft standard forms published on 29/10/08... See [[Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Standard Forms]]

*30/10/08: On 23/10/08 the Public Guardian launched a consultation reviewing the Mental Capacity Act 2005: forms, supervision and fees. The consultation period will end on 15/1/09... See [[Office of the Public Guardian]]

*29/10/08: Patient Information Leaflets for use in Wales published... See [[Mental Health Act 1983 information leaflets]]

*28/10/08: Practice Direction: Health Education and Social Care Chamber: Mental Health Cases (draft) added... See [[Tribunal Rules]]

* 27/10/08: Website layout updated... See [[Main Page]] and [[Site map]]

* 24/10/08: A little more work done on MCA 2005 pages... See [[Lasting Power of Attorney]], [[Enduring Power of Attorney]], [[Court of Protection]]

* 23/10/08: '''Mental Health Act 1983 text updated to be accurate as at 3/11/08'''... See [[Mental Health Act 1983]]

* 23/10/08: Cases added... See [[R (B) v South Region MHRT (2008) EWHC 2356 (Admin)]] (Tribunal reasons, bias); [[Munjaz v UK 32913/06 (2008) ECHR 215‎]] (Miscellaneous); [[D'Souza v DPP (1992) UKHL 10]] (Miscellaneous)

* 21/10/08: Legislation added... [[Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008]], [[Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008]], [[First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) Order 2008]], [[Discipline of Judges (Designation) Order 2008]]

* 17/10/08: The Welsh Assembly Government have launched their "HOWIS" website for the Mental Health Act 1983, and published free statutory forms for use in Wales... See [[Mental Health Act 1983 Statutory Forms]]

* 17/10/08: The new Welsh Tribunal rules were laid before Parliament on 13/10/08 and should come into force on 3/11/08... See [[Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales Rules 2008]]

* 17/10/08: The Department of Health have published guidance on the extension of victims' rights under the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004... See [[Domestic Violence Crime and Victims Act 2004 applies to unrestricted criminal patients]] for details

* 15/10/08: The Department of Health have published information leaflets in the following areas... Detention under Part 2; sections 135 and 136 ('Place of safety'); detention under Part 3; guardianship; supervised community treatment (SCT); miscellaneous. See [[Mental Health Act 1983 information leaflets]]

* 13/10/08: Text of all general articles updated to reflect position on 3/11/08; broken links fixed; pages relating to changes made by MHA 2007 now have details of commencement dates and extracts from Explanatory Notes... See [[Mental Health Act 2007 Overview#The amendments]]

* 13/10/08: Cases added... [[Shtukaturov v Russia 44009/05 (2008) ECHR 223]]; [[St Helens Borough Council v Manchester PCT (2008) EWCA Civ 931]]

* 13/10/08: Acts added... [[Health and Social Care Act 2008]]; [[Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007]]

* 13/10/08: Secondary legislation added... [[National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment Regulations 2008]]; [[Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty: Standard Authorisations, Assessments and Ordinary Residence) Regulations 2008]]; [[Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty: Appointment of Relevant Person's Representative) Regulations 2008]]; [[Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty: Appointment of Relevant Person's Representative) (Amendment) Regulations 2008]]; [[Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008‎]]; [[Court of Protection Rules 2007]]; [[Public Guardian (Fees, etc) (Amendment) Regulations 2007]]; [[Lasting Powers of Attorney, Enduring Powers of Attorney and Public Guardian (Amendment) Regulations 2007]]; [[Public Guardian (Fees, etc) Regulations 2007]]; [[Public Guardian Board Regulations 2007]]; [[Lasting Powers of Attorney, Enduring Powers of Attorney and Public Guardian Regulations‎]]

* 07/10/08: On 6/11/08 regulations were laid before Parliament correcting drafting errors in the [[Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Treatment) (England) Regulations 2008]]... See [[Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Treatment) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008]] and [[Mental Health Act 1983 Statutory Forms]]. If anyone has statutory forms they would be prepared to share on the site then please send them in.

* 06/10/08: Case law section being restructured so as to be easier to navigate. Case summaries can be viewed according to various categories, including subject matter and year... See [[Mental health case law]].

* 06/10/08: Some 2007 capacity cases added with links to summaries... [[A Local Authority v E (2007) EWHC 2396 (Fam)]], [[LLBC v TG (2007) EWHC 2640 (Fam)]] and [[Re SK (2007) EWHC 3289 (Fam)]].

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