Mental Health
Mental Health

Author: Larry Ogalthorpe Gostin

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9780851214306

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A Mental health Review Tribunal (MHRT) is normally the only form of independent body to examine the justification for continuing a patient's detention. The legal representative at a MHRT must be armed not only with an understanding of the procedure but also of the definitions used in psychiatry - exactly what they should find in this guide. Mental Health Act Code of Practice and developments in powers of tribunals; pre-hearing procedures; hearing procedures; finance; medical issues; the patient's circumstances after discharge and transfer from special to local NHS hospitals. useful summary charts on steps in Representation and Admission to hospital.

Mental Health Review Tribunals
Mental Health Review Tribunals

Author: Anselm Eldergill

Publisher: Anselm Eldergill

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 1411

ISBN-13: 042148330X

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This book provides an authoritative combination of legal and administrative practice and procedure and the operation of mental health tribunals (MHRTs). It includes: . Case summaries of all important reported and unreported decisions. Explanatory chapter on medical terms and the interpretation of special investigations. Diagnostic guidelines for the major forms of mental disorder. Detailed guidance on preparation of cases. Important amendments made by the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997

Scottish Mental Health Tribunal
Scottish Mental Health Tribunal

Author: Derek Auchie

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2014-03-18

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0748699406

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Derek Auchie and Ailsa Carmichael conduct a full review of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) (No 2) Rules 2005, together with a detailed examination of the relevant provisions of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003. The authors, both Legal Members of the Tribunal, draw upon their own experiences and the experiences of other members in convening Tribunal hearings, making this text an invaluable practical resource for anyone involved at any level of the Tribunal process.

Mental Health Tribunals
Mental Health Tribunals

Author: Jonathan Butler

Publisher: Jordan Publishing (GB)

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781846616020

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This is a highly practical reference work for all those appearing before the tribunal and for tribunal members themselves. Detailed explanatory commentary about the organization, procedure, and jurisdiction of the tribunal is followed by an analysis of tribunal powers in relation to both non-offender and offender patients.

A Guide to Procedural Fairness in the Mental Health Tribunal
A Guide to Procedural Fairness in the Mental Health Tribunal

Author: Victoria. Mental Health Tribunal

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13:

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The Mental Health Act 2014 provides that the Mental Health Tribunal is bound by the rules of procedural fairness. Procedural fairness comprises two principal rules, namely the hearing rule and the bias rule.