• In England, the First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health), more commonly known as the Mental Health Tribunal, is an independent quasi-judicial body established...
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    management of their property and other related matters, forming part of the mental health law for the people in England and Wales. In particular, it provides...
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    A mental health tribunal is a specialist tribunal (hearing) empowered by law to adjudicate disputes about mental health treatment and detention, primarily...
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    The Mental Health Act 2007 (c 12) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It amended the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act...
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    The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom applying to England and Wales. Its primary purpose is to provide...
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  • In the law of England and Wales, best interest decisions are decisions made on behalf of people who do not have mental capacity to make them for themselves...
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    Mental health law includes a wide variety of legal topics and pertain to people with a diagnosis or possible diagnosis of a mental health condition, and...
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    Court of Protection (category Mental health law in the United Kingdom)
    the Court of Protection, part of its Supreme Court. Mental Health Review Tribunal (England and Wales) Booker, Christopher (16 August 2014). "How the Court...
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  • manner, may exercise the jurisdiction of a Mental Health Tribunal" : 99  "Being sectioned (in England and Wales)". Royal College of Psychiatrists. August...
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    those appointed by the Lord Chancellor to sit over Mental Health Review Tribunal. Within this tribunal, there are three panel judges, one will be a legally...
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    Lunacy Act 1845 (category Mental health legal history of the United Kingdom)
    1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 100) and the County Asylums Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 126) formed mental health law in England and Wales from 1845 to 1890. The Lunacy...
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    applied to England and Wales. An equivalent piece of legislation the Mental Deficiency and Lunacy Act (Scotland) 1913 covered Scotland. "Mental Health (History)...
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    Suicide Act 1961 (category Mental health law in the United Kingdom)
    of suicide in England and Wales so that those who survived a suicide attempt would no longer be prosecuted. The text of sections 1 and 2 of this Act was...
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  • Commissioners in Lunacy (category Mental health legal history of the United Kingdom)
    established by the Lunacy Act 1845 to oversee asylums and the welfare of mentally ill people in England and Wales. It succeeded the Metropolitan Commissioners...
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  • Diminished responsibility in English law (category Mental health law in the United Kingdom)
    discretion, e.g. to impose a hospital order under section 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983 to ensure treatment rather than punishment in appropriate cases...
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    Lunacy Act 1890 (category Mental health legal history of the United Kingdom)
    Parliament of the United Kingdom that formed the basis of mental health law in England and Wales from 1890 until 1959. The act placed an obligation on local...
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    County Asylums Act 1808 (category Mental health legal history of the United Kingdom)
    Geo. 3. c. 96) formed mental health law in England and Wales from 1808 to 1845. Notably, the Asylums Act established public mental asylums in Britain that...
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  • President of Welsh Tribunals. These are: Adjudication Panel for Wales Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales Mental Health Review Tribunals for Wales Special Educational...
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    In the legal jurisdiction of England and Wales, there is a long tradition of jury trial that has evolved over centuries. Under present-day practice, juries...
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  • beginning of a Section 3 and are automatically referred for a mental health review tribunal. AMHPs work with the responsible clinician and others in the process...
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    Foundation, with his charity work revolving around mental health, conservation, homelessness, and emergency workers. In 2020 William launched the Earthshot...
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  • Outline of psychiatry (category Outlines of health and fitness)
    Mental Health Act 1983 Mental Health Act 2007 Mental Health Review Tribunal (England and Wales) Mental Treatment Act 1930 Nearest relative Adults with Incapacity...
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    Criminal Lunatics Act 1884 (category Mental health legal history of the United Kingdom)
    mentally ill offenders in England and Wales. Leave to bring in the Criminal Lunatics Bill to the House of Commons was granted to J. T. Hibbert MP and...
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  • Fixated Threat Assessment Centre (category Mental health law in the United Kingdom)
    Centre (FTAC) is a UK police/mental health unit, whose function is to manage the risk to public figures from stalkers and individuals who are fixated on...
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    for judicial review of the First-tier Tribunal's decision. Tribunals, Ministry of Justice Tribunal Decisions, Judiciary of England and Wales "Introduction...
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    (Actually 39 in the PDF). Butterworth, Hannah. "The Evolution of Attitudes and Treatments Regarding Mental Health Disorders" (PDF). Think. No. 4. p. 1. v t e...
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    I. 2008/2704) The Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2705) The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Claims and Reconsiderations)...
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    Financial Provisions and Amendment) Regulations (SI 2009/5) The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations (SI 2009/6)...
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  • Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland (category Mental health legal history of the United Kingdom)
    Keane, p. 399 "Mental Deficiency and Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1913". Hansard. Retrieved 25 April 2019. Keane, A. M. (1987). "Mental Health Policy in Scotland...
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