Practice Directions

Practice Directions

The Tribunal has issued the following Practice Directions:

Special Practice Directions - COVID-19 response

• COVID-19 Practice Direction
• COVID-19 Practice Direction AMENDMENT NOVEMBER 2020

General

• Publication of Official Reports of the Tribunal's proceedings
• Accessing audio recordings or transcripts of Tribunal proceedings
• Application Form for accessing recordings
• Authentication of the Tribunal's Determinations
• Publication of Names (s162 Mental Health Act 2007)
• Procedural Matters (updated July 2015)
• ECT Determinations
• Access to Medical Records by Representatives
• Issuing a summons under s157 Mental Health Act 2007 
• Application by an AMO for hearing to proceed in the absence of the patient or affected person (this Practice Directions has effect from 1 July 2018)
• Application form for hearing to proceed in absence of patient or affected person

Civil and Mental Health Inquiries

• Documentary and evidentiary requirements to establish the Tribunal's jurisdiction for mental health inquiries
• Documentary and evidentiary requirements for establishing that a person is mentally disordered
• Abridgement of CTO Notice Requirements

Forensic:

• Procedures for Tribunal Forensic hearings
• Independent Risk Assessments for Forensic Patients who do not have a mental illness
• Detaining forensic patients under the Mental Health Act 2007
• Listing arrangements for reviews of Community Treatment Orders under s. 61(3) of the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990  updated November 2018