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Once the commentary on the Act is up and running, I envisage most of these pages to be more like brief dictionary definitions which simply refer to the relevant section.
Once the commentary on the Act is up and running, I envisage most of these pages to be more like brief dictionary definitions which simply refer to the relevant section.


== Practical information for lawyers ==
== Practical guidance for lawyers ==


Judicial review, legal aid, LSC, forms, etc.
Judicial review, legal aid, LSC, forms, etc.

Revision as of 14:52, 22 April 2006

General articles to explain the concepts and terminology used in the caselaw and legislation sections.

I typed the first things to come to mind, to "get the ball rolling", so please amend and add content where necessary.

Once the commentary on the Act is up and running, I envisage most of these pages to be more like brief dictionary definitions which simply refer to the relevant section.

Practical guidance for lawyers

Judicial review, legal aid, LSC, forms, etc.

Legal Aid forms

Judicial review forms

Types of detention

Application for admission for assessment (s2)

Application for admission for treatment (s3)

Hospital order (s37)

Restriction order (s37/41)

s37/41

Transfer direction (s47)

Restriction direction (s49)

s47/49

Hospital direction (s45A)

Limitation direction (s45A)

Restricted patient

Unrestricted patient

Getting discharged

Mental Health Review Tribunal

Hospital Managers' Hearing

Responsible Medical Officer

Nearest Relative

Barring order

Dangerousness criterion

Home Secretary --> Home Office

Types of discharge

Supervised discharge

Conditional discharge

Deferred conditional discharge

Absolute discharge

Deferred discharge (in unrestricted cases)

Other

Please add any pages here which do not fit into the categories listed above.