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This section contains general articles to explain the concepts and terminology used in the caselaw and legislation sections, and practical guidance.

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New database structure

The existing information pages will eventually all be moved to the new category structure below:

Information‎ (21 categories, 1 pages)

Aftercare‎ (6 pages)

Changes made by MHA 2007‎ (37 pages)

Civil sections and CTOs‎ (6 pages)

Coronavirus‎ (8 pages)

Courts‎ (9 pages)

Criminal sections‎ (18 pages)

Forms‎ (4 pages)

General information pages‎ (28 pages)

Glossary pages‎ (4 categories, 3 pages)

International law‎ (2 pages)

Legal Aid‎ (3 categories, 13 pages)

Legislation overviews‎ (4 pages)

Mental capacity law‎ (5 pages)

Mental Health Tribunal pages‎ (30 pages)

Nearest relative‎ (2 categories, 4 pages)

Organisations‎ (2 categories, 45 pages)

Other jurisdictions‎ (4 categories)

Psychiatry‎ (10 pages)

Representation‎ (3 pages)

Statistics‎ (9 pages)

The Law Society‎ (5 pages)

Things to sign up for‎ (4 pages)

Since January 2019 all new case law, legislation and resources have been added to a searchable database. Some older material has also been added, and the figures below set out how much has been transferred to new database structure. Click on "browse" to browse through the database.

• Cases: 817 of 2461 (browse).
• Legislation: All 388 items of legislation have been added to the database (browse)
• Information: All 334 information pages are now within the new structure.
• Resources: 1,108 created (browse)
• Jobs: all 90
• Events: all 520
• Contacts: all 312 (browse)