The Hill Dickinson health team specialises in the wide range of mental health issues. These include the legalities of compulsory detention and the adequacy and appropriateness of documentation.
We can also advise on the powers of the Mental Health Review Tribunal, the conduct of managers’ hearings and policies on the restraint of patients, searches and discharge.
Areas of expertise include:
- The interpretation and application of the Mental Health Act 1983
- The lawfulness of detention, consent to treatment and funding issues
- Advice on health service policies, including assistance with drafting policies and procedures
- Representation and advice at the Mental Health Review Tribunal
- Defence of claims for false imprisonment
- Judicial review/habeas corpus cases
- Lectures and seminars on specialist topics including changes to mental health legislation and the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Mental health within offender healthcare
Key contacts
Partner
Sharon Thomas (neé Wilson)
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 151 600 8249
- sharon.thomas@hilldickinson.com
Partner
Rebecca Fitzpatrick
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 161 817 7296
- rebecca.fitzpatrick@hilldickinson.com
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*One of
the strongest teams in the North West, this established player
advises public, private and third-sector clients on the gamut of
mental health and human rights issues. The team has a strong line
in Court of Protection cases, particularly where deprivation of
liberty issues arise. It has also experienced growth in prison
death-related instructions.
