Information

General articles to explain the concepts and terminology used in the caselaw and legislation sections; and practical guidance for lawyers (especially trainees).

These are the first things which came to mind, to "get the ball rolling", so please amend and add content where necessary. Feel free simply to add a page title, or the briefest of details, for someone else to expand upon.

Articles with bold links have more detail than the others.

Practical guidance for lawyers

Legal Aid forms

MHRT forms

Regional Chairmen's Manual

Judicial review forms

Law Society guidance

Ministry of Justice Mental Health Unit

Interesting cases - For details of cases which didn't get reported for one reason or another.

Statute Law Database

Judicial review pre-action protocol

Part 36

Parole Board

Home Office Circulars

Carter reforms (Carter review)

Types of detention

Types of detention including the following:

• Admission for assessment (s2)

• Admission for treatment (s3)

• Hospital order (s37)

• Restriction order (s37/41)

• s37/41

• Interim hospital order (s38)

• Transfer direction (s47)

• Restriction direction (s49)

• s47/49

• Notional s37

• Hospital direction (s45A)

• Limitation direction (s45A)

Recall

Time-limited restriction orders

Types of patient

Unrestricted patient

Restricted patient

Technical lifer

Discharge

Discharge including the following:

Routes to discharge:

• Mental Health Review Tribunal (See Eligibility periods and Automatic references)

• Hospital Managers' Hearing

• Responsible Medical Officer

• Nearest Relative (See Barring order and Dangerousness criterion)

• Ministry of Justice

Types of discharge:

• Supervised discharge

• Conditional discharge

• Deferred conditional discharge

• Absolute discharge

• Deferred discharge (in unrestricted cases)

• Discharge of transferred prisoners

Mental Capacity Act 2005

See Mental Capacity Act 2005 resources for details

Other

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

Overview of the Mental Health Act 1983

NHS complaints procedure

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

High secure hospital

Mental disorder

Victims' rights to make representations and receive information

MHRT Victims Policy

Power to specify hospital units

Second Opinion Appointed Doctor

Insight

International Classification of Diseases (ICD)

Application of MHA 1983 to Armed Forces

Dual diagnosis