Garden Court Chambers
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Garden Court Chambers
www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk / info@gardencourtchambers.co.uk
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Home » Practice Areas » Mental Health
Mental HealthThe difficulties in the law for the mentally vulnerable affect the conduct of many cases by criminal practitioners. Garden Court also provides a specialist service in other areas of mental health law. Our expertise includes representation at difficult Mental Health Review Tribunals (MHRT), including restricted patient applications; judicial review of MHRT decisions; guardianship, and proceedings involving displacement of the nearest relative – in which we have several experienced practitioners. We also have wide experience in conducting claims for damages for those improperly detained or treated by psychiatric institutions. The mental health team participates in the activities of many practitioner groups: our barristers edit the Community Care Law Reports and two of our team members sit as part-time presidents of the Mental Health Review Tribunal. Our notable cases include: R (C ) v Mental Health Review Tribunal [2002] 1 WLR 176 (CA). This case overturned a practice where patients had to wait excessive times for a Mental Health Review Tribunal hearing. R (DR) v Mersey Care NHS Trust [2002] EWHC 1810 Admin. A challenge to whether someone was in fact lawfully detained for purposes of treatment. R (application of S S G) v Liverpool City Council & Secretary of State (2002) 5 CCLR 639. This case established the equality for same-sex couples in mental health law in relation to consultation with nearest relatives. R (H) v Ashworth Hospital Authority [2002] EWCA Civ 923; [2003] 1 WLR 127. Relates to the lawfulness of second section by ASW. R (von Brandenburg) v Tower Hamlets LBC [2003] UKHL 58, [2004] 2 AC 280. Relates to the legality of a second admission under MHA 1983 after previous discharge. Civil ClerksIf you would like more information about our Mental Health team email the clerks civilclerks@gclaw.co.uk The teamMembers of the Mental Health team are listed below - click on their names to go to their profiles.
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