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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 £60 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 (2386), Legislation (380) and Resources (1,057), together with separate Information pages (328) to link everything together.
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- 03/11/24: Case (Forfeiture rule and assisting suicide). Morris v Morris [2024] EWHC 2554 (Ch) — A husband who had unlawfully assisted his wife's suicide applied (successfully) under s2(2) Forfeiture Act 1982 for the effect of the forfeiture rule, which ordinarily would have disabled him from taking any beneficial interest under her will, to be modified. The wife's children and sister had also travelled abroad with her but had not committed acts capable of assisting suicide.
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To do
A glimpse into the to do list:
- 06/11/24: Mental Health Bill [HL] Government Bill - Originated in the House of Lords, Session 2024-25 - Last updated: 6 November 2024 at 17:09 https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3884
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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.
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Events
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- PELT: Introduction to COP, including s21A appeals (online, 13/11/24)
- Hill Dickinson: MCA and DOLS - the latest updates (online, 13/11/24)
- MHLA: 25th Annual Conference (Bristol, 15/11/24)
- PELT: Masterclass for MHA Administrators (online, 20/11/24)
- PELT: MHA Masterclass (online, 27/11/24)
- PELT: Court of Protection and MCA Masterclass (online, 3/12/24)
- PELT: Becoming a Mental Health Act Administrator - the Basics (online, 25/4/25)
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