View source for January 2010 update

==Case law==
*{{pagesummary|R (D and M) v SSWP (2010) EWCA Civ 18}}
*{{pagesummary|R (DK) v SSJ (2010) EWHC 82 (Admin)}}
*{{pagesummary|Re Bax (2009) COP 22/10/09}}
*{{pagesummary|‎Re Bullock (2009) COP 15/12/09}}
*{{pagesummary|‎Re Smith (2009) COP 7/12/09}}
*{{pagesummary|‎Re Helmsley (2009) COP 30/11/09}}
==Legal Aid==
*The LSC published their Mental Health Procurement Plan on 22/1/10. This document shows the Mental Health services the LSC are commissioning and the volume of New Matter Starts (NMS) available in each Strategic Health Authority procurement area and High Security Hospital from October 2010. See [[Legal Aid#CLS News]]

*25/01/10: CLS News item: "Changes to the civil legal aid means test 20-01-2010". From 11/1/10 onwards, a disregard can be made for any monthly payment that the client (or his partner, where applicable) is required to make under a contribution order towards the costs of representation in his criminal case. See [[Legal Aid#CLS News]]

==Other documents==
*In the final report of the Speaker's Conference on Parliamentary Representation, published on 6/1/10, MPs recommend that s141 be repealed. The section provides that an MP will lose his seat if detained for mental disorder for the specified period. See [[s141]] for details.

*This month Rethink launched a campaign to amend the rules on the mental-disorder disqualification from jury service. See [[Jury service]]

*DH list of supervisory bodies updated again on 14/1/10. See [[DOLS]]

*The DCSF have published "Keeping Children and Young People in Mind: The Government’s full response to the independent review of CAMHS". See [[Children and mental health law]]

*The snappily-titled "House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee Proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Health and Health Services and Social Welfare) Order 2009: Government Response to the Committee's Fourteenth Report of Session 2008-09" was published on 6/1/09. See [[National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Health and Health Services and Social Welfare) Order 2010]]

*Christmas Message from Deputy Chamber President added. See [[Mental Health Tribunal#External links]]

==Website==
*See [[January 2010 chronology]] for this month's changes to the website in date order

*On 31/1/10, Wikimentalhealth contained 697 categorised cases

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