Mental Health

Our specialist lawyers are focussed on protecting the rights of patients in hospital and in the community.

The work we do includes:-

  • Mental  Health Tribunals.
  • Hospital managers appeals.
  • Community treatment orders.
  • S.  117 (pre-discharge) and CPA  meetings.  
  • Applications to the Court of Protection.
  • Compulsory treatment and lawfulness of  detention.
  • Nearest relative displacement proceedings.
  • Nearest relative discharge applications.
  • Voluntary admissions.
  • Forensic admissions.
  • Consent to treatment.
  • Post treatment aftercare.

We have been fighting for the rights of clients for over 25 years and we know that detention in a psychiatric unit can be a frightening and confusing experience. We stay in regular contact with our clients throughout their cases and provide a 24 hour emergency telephone advice line.  

Noreen Doherty and Patrick Harris are both members of the Law Society Mental Health Review Tribunal panel and have a combined 30 years experience of work in this area.   Christopher Furbey and Jared McNally are also specialists in this field.  

Clifford Johnston has been awarded the Specialist Quality Mark by the Legal Services Commission. Patients detained under the Mental Health Act are entitled to free representation at appeal hearings as part of the Public Funding Scheme.     

We also undertake criminal defence work and specialise in all issues relating to mentally disordered offenders, including transfers from prison, sentencing and discharges from hospital and restriction orders.

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