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See [[October 2009 update]] for a summary of these changes.

*29/10/09: Case summary added (best interests). {{pagesummary|KD and LD v LB Havering (2009) EW Misc 7 (EWCOP)}}
*29/10/09: New Scottish SI. {{pagesummary|Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (Appointment of Medical Members) Amendment Regulations 2009}}
*29/10/09: LSC document published today. "Civil bid rounds for 2010 contracts - Q&A available" - All questions submitted by Friday 6 November will be answered in a final version of the Q&A document to be published on Friday 13 November. Version 10 of the Q&A is dated 30/10/09. See [[Legal Aid#CLS News]]
* 29/10/09: LSC document published 21/10/09. "Tendering timetable: 2010 civil and crime legal aid contracts" - The new civil legal aid contract will come into effect on 1 October 2010. The bid round for non-immigration civil work is planned for the week beginning 8 February 2010, and will be open for seven weeks. See [[Legal Aid#CLS News]]
*29/10/09: LSC document published 20/10/09. "New matter starts - guidance to firms approaching their contract limit" - The LSC are running out of money so will remove matter starts from firms unlikely to use them; if they can afford it these will be reallocated; consideration will be given to modest increases for firms at imminent risk of running out, but generally they will look at "access to services" across the procurement area as a whole as opposed to individual provider level. See [[Legal Aid#CLS News]]
*29/10/09: Old case added (best interests). {{pagesummary|NHS Hospital Trust v A (a child) (2007) EWHC 1696 (Fam)}}
*24/10/09: The books section was offline for a while but is now working again. See [http://www.wikimentalhealth.co.uk/books/ Books]
*24/10/09: Case summary added (miscellaneous: legal aid). {{pagesummary|R (E) v Governing Body of JFS (No 2) (2009) UKSC 1}}
*24/10/09: Case summary added (miscellaneous). {{pagesummary|R (Corbett) v SSJ (2009) EWHC 2671 (Admin)}}
*24/10/09: Case summary added (criminal law: fitness to plead). {{pagesummary|R v Ghulam (2009) WLR (D) 303}}
*24/10/09: Dept of Health's list of supervisory body contact details updated again on 21/10/09. See [[DOLS]]
*24/10/09: Case summary added (criminal law: fitness to plead). {{pagesummary|R v Grant (2008) EWCA Crim 1870}}
*24/10/09: Link to Deputy Chamber President's October 2009 message added. See [[Mental Health Tribunal#External links]]
*19/10/09: The Dept of Health revised the "Your right to complain to the Care Quality commission" leaflet today. See [[Mental Health Act 1983 information leaflets]]
*19/10/09: New transcript added (judgment 12/10/09). {{pagesummary|ITW v Z (2009) EWHC 2525 (Fam)}}
*19/10/09: Old case transcript published on Bailii. {{pagesummary|W v Egdell (1989) EWCA Civ 13}}
*17/10/09: On 16/10/09 the Dept of Health updated their list of IMCA organisations. See [[IMCA]]
*13/10/09: New Upper Tribunal decision published today. This is just a brief summary: a more detailed summary will follow shortly. {{pagesummary|AA v Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (2009) UKUT 195 (AAC)}}
*12/10/09: Case summary added (judgment 14/7/09, published on Bailii yesterday). {{pagesummary|R (PP) v SSJ (2009) 2464 (Admin)}}
*12/10/09: Case summary added (judgment 14/7/09, published on Bailii yesterday). {{pagesummary|R (X) v SSJ (2009) EWHC 2465 (Admin)}}
*09/10/09: New judgment handed down today. {{pagesummary|R (McKinnon) v SSHA (2009) EWHC 2449 (Admin)}}
*09/10/09: Case summary added (judgment 5/9/09). {{pagesummary|R (AB) v SSJ (2009) EWHC 2220 (Admin)}}
*09/10/09: On 5/10/0 the DH updated their supervisory body contact details lists again. See [[DOLS]]
*08/10/09: Case summary added. {{pagesummary|‎SCA Packaging Ltd v Boyle (2009) UKHL 37}}
*08/10/09: Case summary added. {{pagesummary|‎R v Pedley, Martin and Hamadi (2009) EWCA Crim 840}}
*08/10/09: Case summary added. {{pagesummary|‎Jansons v Latvia (2009) EWHC 1845 (Admin)}}
*08/10/09: Case summary added. {{pagesummary|‎Dzikowski v GMC (2009) EWHC 1090 (Admin)}}
*08/10/09: Case summary added. {{pagesummary|‎Cheltenham Borough Council v Laird (2009) EWHC 1253 (QB)}}
*08/10/09: Case summary added. {{pagesummary|‎Bury Metropolitan Borough Council v D (2009) EWHC 446 (Fam)}}
*08/10/09: Case summary added. {{pagesummary|‎Stockton On Tees Borough Council v Aylott (2009) UKEAT 0401/08/1103}}
*05/10/09: The LSC have published a preview of their November 2009 forms update. See [[Legal Aid#Legal Aid forms]]
*05/10/09: The LSC have published an interactive guide showing which offices deal with which types of casework. See [[Legal Aid#Where work is processed]]

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