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On 3/11/08 the Tribunal systems in both England and Wales changed, but in different ways. In England, the Mental Health Review Tribunals were abolished and became part of the Health Education and Social Care chamber of the First Tier Tribunal. In Wales, the Tribunal remained the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales.

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==England - First-tier Tribunal==
===Rules===
*{{pagesummary|Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008}}

===Coronavirus===
To avoid duplication, all the coronavirus-related documents such as Practice Directions are currently located on the following page: [[Mental Health Tribunal and coronavirus]].

In particular, see [[Tribunal Procedure (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules 2020]] which amend the MHT's rules.

===Practice Directions/Guidance===
*{{pagesummary|Practice Direction: First-tier Tribunal Health Education and Social Care Chamber: Statements and Reports in Mental Health Cases}}
*{{pagesummary|Practice Direction and Guidance: Medical Examinations (2014) MHLO 43}}
*{{pagesummary|Practice Statement: Delegation of Functions to Staff and to Registrars on or after 27 April 2015 (2015) MHLO 36}}
*{{pagesummary|Practice Guidance: Mental Health jurisdiction: Postponements and adjournments following recent changes in listing practice (2014) MHLO 48}}
*{{pagesummary|Tribunal Procedure: Failure to submit reports to the tribunal on time (17 April 2015) (2015) MHLO 38}}
*{{pagesummary|Practice Guidance: Enforcement Procedure, Directions and Summonses (24/7/17)}}
*{{rsum|HMCTS et al, 'Mental Health Tribunal: An Easy Read Guide' (22/7/20)}}

===Other guidance===
*{{pagesummary|Practice Guidance on Procedures Concerning Handling Representations from Victims in the First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health)}}
*{{rsum|Mental Health Tribunal, 'Guidance for the observation of tribunal hearings in the First-tier Tribunal Health Education and Social Care Chamber (mental health jurisdiction)' (10/1/19)}}
*{{pagesummary|Practice Statement: Composition of Tribunals in relation to matters that fall to be decided by the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber on or after 18/1/10}}
*{{pagesummary|Practice Note: Role of the Independent Mental Health Advocate in First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health) Hearings}}
*{{pagesummary|Direction applicable to all Applications and References in Mental Health Cases received by the Tribunal on or before 4 April 2014 but not finally disposed of by the Tribunal on or before date (2014) MHLO 45}}
*{{rsum|HMCTS, 'Minimum requirements for tribunal hearings to be held in hospitals' (11/4/18)}}
*{{rsum|RCPsych and Tribunals Judiciary, 'A Guide to Mental Health Tribunals for Young People' (11/2/16)}}

===Older documents===
*[[Nursing Reports - Advice to Panels from Regional Tribunal Judges]]
*[[Practice Statement: Delegation of functions to staff on or after 2 November 2010]]
*[[Guidance Booklet: Reports for Mental Health Tribunals]]
*[[Guidance: References made under section 68(7) Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended)]]
*[[Important notice: Operation of section 77(2) MHA 1983 - disregarding withdrawn applications]]
*[[Practice Statement: Delegation of Functions to Staff and to Registrars on or after 10 June 2014 (2014) MHLO 44]]

==Wales - MHRT for Wales==

===Rules and Practice Directions===
*{{pagesummary|Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales Rules 2008}}
* [http://www.tribunals.gov.uk/Tribunals/Documents/Rules/UseoftheWelshlanguage.pdf Practice Direction: Use of the Welsh language in Tribunals in Wales - Tribunals website]
*{{rsum|Practice Direction: Statements and reports for MHRTs in Wales (October 2019)}}

===Coronavirus===
*See [[MHRT for Wales and coronavirus]].

===Appeals===
Appeals go to the English Upper Tribunal.

===Other links===
*[http://www.tribunals.gov.uk/Documents/Publications/ConsultationDraft_MHRT_WalesRules08_amended.pdf Consultation on Draft Welsh rules] (closed) and the [http://www.tribunals.gov.uk/Documents/Publications/Draft_MHRT_for_Wales%20Rules%202008.pdf Draft Welsh rules]

==Upper Tribunal==

The [[Upper Tribunal]] (Administrative Appeal Chamber) replaces judicial review in relation to Tribunal decisions.
*[http://www.administrativeappeals.tribunals.gov.uk/Decisions/decisions.htm Upper Tribunal website - reported decisions]
*{{pagesummary|Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008}}
*[http://www.tribunals.gov.uk/Tribunals/Documents/Rules/Transcriptsofproceedings.pdf Practice Direction: Transcripts of Proceedings - Tribunals website]
*[http://www.osscsc.gov.uk/Documents/Decisions/GuidelinesforReporting_Apr10.pdf Guidelines for reporting] - text dated December 2009, file dated 19/4/10

==First-tier and Upper Tribunals==

*{{pagesummary|Practice Direction: Child, Vulnerable Adult and Sensitive Witnesses}}
*[http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/docs/judgments_guidance/tribunal-service-pd/form-decisions-neutral-citation.pdf Practice Statement: Form of decisions and neutral citation: First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal on or after 3 November 2008 - Judiciary website]

==Legal Action articles==
Reproduced by kind permission.

*[[Media:Legal Action - social circumstances reports part 1 - June 2010.pdf|Christopher Curran, Malcolm Golightley and Phil Fennell, 'Social circumstances reports for mental health tribunals - Part 1' (Legal Action, June 2010)]]

*[[Media:Legal Action - social circumstances reports part 2 - July 2010.pdf|Christopher Curran, Malcolm Golightley and Phil Fennell, 'Social circumstances reports for mental health tribunals - Part 1' (Legal Action, July 2010)]]

*[[Media:Legal Action - Responsible Authority statements - March 2012.pdf|Christopher Curran, Phil Fennell and Simon Burrows, 'Responsible authority statements for mental health tribunals' (Legal Action, March 2012)]]

==Old rules==
Until 3/11/08, the [[Mental Health Review Tribunal Rules 1983]] apply to the MHRT in both England and Wales.

==Other external links==
* [http://www.tribunals.gov.uk Tribunals website home page]

* [http://www.administrativeappeals.tribunals.gov.uk/index.htm Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) website]

*[http://www.tribunals.gov.uk/tribunalprocedurecommittee.htm Tribunal Procedure Committee]

*[http://www.tribunals.gov.uk/Tribunals/Rules/directions.htm Practice Directions made by the Senior President of Tribunals]

*[http://www.mhrt.org.uk/Documents/3nov08/MH_FAQs_3NOV.pdf "The new unified Tribunals system" - Tribunal website]

*[http://www.mhrt.org.uk/Documents/ChangesTotheMHRTfromNov08.pdf "Changes to the Tribunal system from November 2008" - Tribunal website]

*[https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications/?filter_type=publication&search=&tax-single-subject=-1&tax-single-publication-type=-1&tax-single-publication-jurisdiction=984&date-range-after=&date-range-before= Judiciary website: Publications: Filtered by Jurisdiction matching "Mental Health"] (Practice Directions and Statements)

==Related legislation==
*See [[:Category:Tribunal legislation]]

==See also==
*[[Mental Health Tribunal]] - England

*[[Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales]] - Wales

*[[Tribunal forms]]

==Related book==
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[[Category:Mental Health Act 1983]]
[[Category:Tribunal resources]]