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== Website==
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*'''Cases.''' On 31/12/16 Mental Health Law Online contained [[Mental health case law|1823 categorised cases]]

*'''Chronology.''' See [[December 2016 chronology]] for this month's changes to the website in date order.

==Case law==
*'''Contempt of court case.''' [[Devon County Council v Teresa Kirk (2016) EWCOP 42]] {{pagesummary|Devon County Council v Teresa Kirk (2016) EWCOP 42|d}}

*'''Contempt of court case.''' [[Devon County Council v Teresa Kirk (2016) EWCA Civ 1221]] {{pagesummary|Devon County Council v Teresa Kirk (2016) EWCA Civ 1221|d}}

:*'''Ben James, 'Grandmother freed after judges overrule six-month jail term' (The York Press, 9/11/16).''' See [[Devon County Council v Teresa Kirk (2016) EWCA Civ 1221]]

:*'''Solicitors Journal, 'Police who handcuffed barrister in RCJ offer £100,000 and apology' (14/10/10).''' See [[Devon County Council v Teresa Kirk (2016) EWCA Civ 1221]]

:*'''Patrick Sawer, 'Grandmother freed after being jailed for refusing to return elderly man from Portuguese care home' (Telegraph, 8/11/16).''' See [[Devon County Council v Teresa Kirk (2016) EWCA Civ 1221]]

:*'''Colin Challenger, 'Lamb Chambers prevails in dementia care Court of Appeal case' (9/11/16).''' See [[Devon County Council v Teresa Kirk (2016) EWCA Civ 1221]]

*'''Negligence case.''' [[Henderson v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust (2016) EWHC 3275 (QB)]] {{pagesummary|Henderson v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust (2016) EWHC 3275 (QB)|d}}

*'''Deprivation of liberty case.''' [[SSJ v Staffordshire County Council and SRK (2016) EWCA Civ 1317]] {{pagesummary|SSJ v Staffordshire County Council and SRK (2016) EWCA Civ 1317|d}}

*'''Medical treatment case.''' [[Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University LHB v RY (2016) EWCOP 57]] {{pagesummary|Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University LHB v RY (2016) EWCOP 57|d}}

*'''Criminal appeal case.''' [[R v Fuller (2016) EWCA Crim 1867]] {{pagesummary|R v Fuller (2016) EWCA Crim 1867|d}}

*'''PI trust case.''' [[OH v Craven (2016) EWHC 3146 (QB), (2016) MHLO 52]] {{pagesummary|OH v Craven (2016) EWHC 3146 (QB), (2016) MHLO 52|d}}

*'''Sex case (from 2014, but published on Bailii yesterday).''' [[R v GA (2014) EWCA Crim 299, (2014) MHLO 148]] {{pagesummary|R v GA (2014) EWCA Crim 299, (2014) MHLO 148|d}}

==Ministry of Justice==
*'''Ministry of Justice, 'The recall of conditionally discharged restricted patients' (4/2/09).''' See [[Recall#External links]]

*'''Department of Health, 'Recall of mentally disordered patients subject to Home Office restrictions on discharge' (LAC(93)9, 14/4/93).''' See [[Recall#External links]]

*'''Ministry of Justice, 'Restricted Patients 2014 England and Wales: Statistics Bulletin' (29/4/15).''' See [[Statistics#Ministry of Justice]]

== Legal Aid Agency==
*'''Legal Aid forms page updated.''' This page has been updated, including with a link to the current Form CW1&2 (MH). See [[Legal Aid forms]]

== Other documents ==
*'''Ben Troke, 'Court of Protection and deprivation of liberty update - a "perfect storm" coming?' (Browne Jacobson website, 15/12/16).''' See [[Newsletters#Browne Jacobson]]

*'''Healthy London Partnership, 'Mental health crisis care for Londoners: London's section 136 pathway and Health Based Place of Safety specification' (December 2016).''' See [[MHA 1983 s136#External links]]

== Events==
*'''Edge Training: MCA and Tenancy Agreements - London, 24/2/17''' {{eventsummary|Edge Training: MCA and Tenancy Agreements - London, 24/2/17|d}}

*'''Edge Training: Hoarding and the Law - London, 8/5/17''' {{eventsummary|Edge Training: Hoarding and the Law - London, 8/5/17|d}}

*'''Edge Training: DOL in children and young people - London, 15/5/17''' {{eventsummary|Edge Training: DOL in children and young people - London, 15/5/17|d}}

*'''Edge Training: DOLS Authorised Signatories - London, 26/5/17''' {{eventsummary|Edge Training: DOLS Authorised Signatories - London, 26/5/17|d}}

*'''Edge Training: Hoarding and the Law - London, 6/10/17''' {{eventsummary|Edge Training: Hoarding and the Law - London, 6/10/17|d}}

==Job==
*'''Job advert.''' [[Peter Edwards Law, Hoylake - MHT paralegals]]. See [[Jobs]]

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