Immediate Need of Care

In several legal jurisdictions, the equivalent power to section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 involves the need for some kind of immediate threat or harm, perhaps involving disorder of some kind, albeit predicated on a person’s vulnerability due to mental illness. Our nearest neighbours in the Republic of Ireland demonstrate this point well […]

MHA & CJS

Another blog on request: this time from an AMHP who wants to give advice to others about the interface between assessment under the Mental Health Act 1983 and decisions in criminal law to prosecute an offender. This dilemma presents most acutely in police custody when someone has been arrested for an offence and then assessed […]

Fraser Moore

An inquest recently concluded in south London in to the death of a Canadian musician, Fraser Moore. Mr Moore had recently travelled to the UK for professional reasons and within 24hrs of his arrival was electrocuted on the live line of London Bridge train station, having jumped from a platform after fleeing the police. The […]