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Mental Health

Our Mental Health Team has a wealth of experience in dealing with a wide variety of issues and can advise and assist with:

  • Mental Health Review Tribunals
  • Questions of Mental Capacity and the Court of Protection
  • Aftercare Entitlement
  • Compulsory Treatment
  • The Data Protection Act and access to records
  • Judicial Review of public bodies
  • Complaints
  • Criminal Appeals where mental health is an issue
  • Prisoners with mental health difficulties

Those with mental health problems represent some of the most vulnerable in our society. We offer a robust and widely experienced team which works closely with our criminal, family, public law and prisoners' teams. The law applicable to those with mental health problems has undergone a series of important changes in the last few years, especially with the introduction of Human Rights Act 1998, the Capacity Act 2005 and the impending Mental Health Act 2007. Case-law has also seen a number of important developments and the team at Kaim Todner has played a leading role in taking such cases to the higher courts.

Representation

Legal Aid can be available for some of our work, including Mental Health Review Tribunals. The team assist and represents clients at all levels, from attendances at case-conferences and aftercare meetings, through to Mental Health Review Tribunals, the Court of Protection, the High Court, the House of Lords and European Court of Human Rights.

For those cases where Legal Aid is not possible, the team can offer competitive rates.

Mental Health News

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