Client services

Mental health

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, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and deprivation of liberty safeguards