View source for November 2008 update

The following materials were added during November 2008.

==Books==
*Amazon [http://www.wikimentalhealth.co.uk/books/ Bookshop] (with selected mental health law books) added, and some links to recommended books added to articles.

==Changes made on 3/11/08==
*The majority of changes made by the [[Mental Health Act 2007]] took effect on 3/11/08. See [[Mental Health Act 2007 Overview]] for details of the amendments.
*The only MHA 2007 changes outstanding are:
:*{{mha change|IMHA}}
:*{{mha change|age appropriate}}
:*{{mha change|DOLS}}
:*{{mha change|organisation}} - some changes have been made but the rest have been overtaken by the TCEA 2007
*The following documents have been updated and/or issued (usually separately for England and Wales, in an enormous duplication of effort):
:*[[Mental Health Act 1983 Codes of Practice]]
:*[[Mental Health Regulations]] and various other items of [[Mental Health Act 2007 Overview#Secondary legislation - England |secondary legislation]]
:*[[Mental Health Act 1983 Statutory Forms]]
:*[[Reference Guide to the Mental Health Act 1983]]
:*[[Mental Health Act 1983 information leaflets]]
:*[[Mental Health Act Commission]] Guidance Notes and forms.
*The changes to the [[Mental Health Review Tribunal]] by the [[Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007]] also took effect on 3/11/08... See [[Tribunal Rules]]
*Some secondary legislation under the [[Mental Capacity Act 2005]] also came into force... See [[Mental Capacity Act 2005 Overview#Deprivation of Liberty]]

==Legislation==
===Primary legislation added (new and old)===
*{{pagesummary|UK Borders Act 2007}}
*{{pagesummary|Immigration Act 1971}}
*{{pagesummary|Family Law Act 1996}}
*{{pagesummary|Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007}}
*{{pagesummary|Legal Services Act 2007}}

===Secondary legislation etc - Tribunal===
*{{pagesummary|Appeals from the Upper Tribunal to the Court of Appeal Order 2008}}
*{{pagesummary|First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Composition of Tribunal) Order 2008}}
*[[Practice Direction: Health Education and Social Care Chamber: Mental Health Cases (30/10/08)]]
*Practice Direction: Use of the Welsh language in Tribunals in Wales
*Practice Direction: Transcripts of Proceedings. See [[Tribunal Rules]] for the last two Practice Directions.

===Secondary legislation - Other===
*{{pagesummary|Mental Health Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008}}
*{{pagesummary|Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2008}}
*{{pagesummary|Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 2005}}
*{{pagesummary|Mental Health (England and Wales Cross-border transfer: patients subject to requirements other than detention) (Scotland) Regulations 2008}}

==Other documents==
*Second edition of DH's Mental Capacity Act 2005 [[Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards]] newsletter
*Updated list of current organisations providing [[Independent Mental Capacity Advocate service]]
*New [[Tribunal forms]] for First-tier and Upper Tribunals
*Draft [[Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Standard Forms]] for managing authorities and supervisory bodies in England
*Tribunal document entitled "The new unified Tribunals system"... See [[Tribunal Rules]]
*Frequently Asked Questions about the Mental Health Act 2007 published by DH... See [[Mental Health Act 2007 Overview#Resources]]
*From 31/10/08 to 23/1/09 the LSC are "consulting" on Civil Bid Rounds for 2010 Contracts... See [[Legal Aid]]

==Case law==
===New cases===
*{{pagesummary|R (IT) v SSJ (2008) EWHC 1707}}
*{{pagesummary|RD v SSWP (2008) EWHC 2635 (Admin)}}
*{{pagesummary|R (RJM) v SSWP (2008) UKHL 63}}
*{{pagesummary|R (N) v Coventry City Council (2008) EWHC 2786 (Admin)}}
*{{pagesummary|Renolde v France 5608/05 (2008) ECHR 1085}}
*{{pagesummary|R (F) v SSJ (2008) EWHC 2912 (Admin)}}
===Old cases added===
*{{pagesummary|AG's reference (no 127 of 2006) sub nom R v H (2007) EWCA Crim 53}}
*{{pagesummary|R (TB) v The Combined Court at Stafford (2006) EWHC 1645 (Admin)}}
*{{pagesummary|Re MAB; X City Council v MB (2006) EWHC 168 (Fam)}}
*{{pagesummary|IH v UK 17111/04 (2005)}}
*{{pagesummary|DN v Switzerland 27154/95 (2001) ECHR 235}}
*{{pagesummary|McGrady, Re Application for Judicial Review (2003) NIQB 15}}
*{{pagesummary|Bensaid v UK 44599/98 (2001) ECHR 82}}
*{{pagesummary|R (SSG) v Liverpool City Council (2002) EWHC 2803 (Admin)}}
*{{pagesummary|Stec v UK 65731/01 (2006) ECHR 393}}
*{{pagesummary|Stec v UK 65731/01 (2005) ECHR 924}}
*{{pagesummary|Morley v UK 16084/03 (2004)}}
*{{pagesummary|Morsink v The Netherlands 48865/99 (2004) ECHR 197}}
*{{pagesummary|Brand v The Netherlands 49902/99 (2004) ECHR 196}}
*{{pagesummary|Edwards v UK 46477/99 (2002) ECHR 303}}
*{{pagesummary|Rutten v The Netherlands 32605/96 (2001) ECHR 482}}

===Transcripts now available===
*{{pagesummary|LLBC v TG (2007) EWHC 2640 (Fam)}}
*{{pagesummary|R (B) v London Borough of Camden (2006) EWCA Civ 246}}
*{{pagesummary|R (Care Principles Ltd) v MHRT; R (AL) v Care Principles Ltd (2006) EWHC 3194 (Admin)}}
*{{pagesummary|R (O) v MHRT (2006) EWHC 2659 (Admin)}}
*{{pagesummary|R (T) v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (2006) EWHC 800 (Admin)}}
*{{pagesummary|R (SSHD) v MHRT, re BR (2005) EWCA Civ 1616}}
==Website information==
*Each [[Mental Health Act 1983]] section now has a link to the relevant chapters of the [[Reference Guide to the Mental Health Act 1983]] and [[Mental Health Act 1983 Code Of Practice for England]]
*The text of the following rules have been added to the site:
:*[[Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales Rules 2008]]
:*[[Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008]]
:*[[Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008]]
*[[Legal Aid]] page updated (NB there is still a lot of work to do on this page)
*New pages added for
:*[[Mental Health Tribunal]] (England) 
:*[[Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales]]
:*[[Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland]]
*New categories created:
:*[[:Category:Scotland]]
:*[[:Category:Northern Ireland]]
:*[[:Category:Southern Ireland]]
:*[[:Category:Deportation]]
*See [[November 2008 chronology]] for changes to the website in date order. 

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