Mental Health: Law and Practice provides a comprehensive, authoritative and practical guide to the operation of the Mental Health law in the UK.
This new edition builds on the success of Mental Health: The New Law (Jordans New Law Series) and includes the latest developments such as, the changes to the Mental Health Tribunal brought about by Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007; the MHA Code of Practice (2008); and an introduction to the Deprivation of Liberty provisions and accompanying Code.
Written by one of the country’s leading experts in mental health law, this new edition will provide a guide to the workings of the Mental Health Act and, so far as is relevant, the Mental Capacity Act.