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MHLB 97 Leaks of patient information to the media: can the press be required to disclose the source? (Feb 2006)
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MHLB 95 - Section 2 Detention and Incapable Patients - House of Lords Decision (Dec 2005)
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MHLB 94 - The Decision of the House of Lords in Munjaz: giving less significance to the Code of Practice? (Nov 2005)
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MHLB 93 - Hospital managers given an over-riding discretion (Oct 2005)
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MHLB 92 - What implications does Bournewood ruling have on ECT treatment (Sept 05)
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MHLB 91 - Nearest Relatives: A miscellany of latest case law (Aug 05)
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MHLB 90 - Government response to the Report of the Joint Scrutiny Committee (Jul 05)
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MHLB 89 - Tribunal Hearings: the Burden of Proof
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MHLB 88 - Section 2: Detention and Incapable Patients
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MHLB 87 - Treatment, Nearest Relatives and Managers' Decisions (April 2005)
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MHLB 86 - Mental Health Bill needs radical overhaul (March 2005)
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MHLB 85 - Contacting a patient's family-how far does confidentiality extend? (March 2005)
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MHLB 84 - Patients' Entitlement to Vote in General Elections (Feb 2005)
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MHLB 83 - Bournewood - Guidance on Implementation (Jan 2005)
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MHLB 82 - New Code of Practice covering recruitment of overseas staff (Dec 2004)
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MHLB 81 - Inquests - A Change In Approach? (Nov 2004)
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MHLB 80 - The European Court of Human Rights overturns the House of Lords (Oct 2004)
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MHLB 79 - New Draft Mental Health Bill Published (Sept 2004)
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MHLB 78 - Tribunals (and Managers?) - The Duty to give adequate reasons (Aug 2004)
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MHLB 77 - New Approaches to Mental Health (July 2004)
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MHLB 76 - Who should the SOAD Consult? (June 2004)
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MHLB 75 - Conditional Discharge (May 2004)
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MHLB 74 - Detention under the Mental Health Act (April 2004)
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MHLB 73 - Executing Warrants Under Section 135 (March 2004)
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MHLB 72 - Representation of Patients and Disclosure of Reports at Managers' Hearings (Feb 2004)
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MHLB 71 - Children: Capacity and Consent - a Summary Briefing (Jan 2004)
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MHLB 70 - Treatment without Consent: Breach of the Human Rights Act (Dec 2003)
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MHLB 69 - House of Lords Rule on Mental Health Issues (Nov 2003)
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MHLB 68 - The Status of the Code of Practice (Oct 2003)
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MHLB 67 - Draft Mental Incapacity Bill (Sept 2003)
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MHLB 66 - Seclusion after the Human Rights Act: Important new Court Guidance (Aug 2003)
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MHLB 65 - Charging for Aftercare Services under s117 Mental Health Act 1983 - The Final Story (July 2003)
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MHLB 64 - Treatment under Section 63 - New Limitations (June 2003)
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MHLB 63 - Renewal of Detention of "Patients in the Community" (May 2003)
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MHLB 62 - So who is the nearest relative? Gay and Lesbian Patients (April 2003)
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MHLB 61 - Hospital Managers' Decisions - Do they have to be Unanimous? (March 2003)
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MHLB 60 - Alternative Treatments and Consent after the Human Rights Act (Feb 2003)
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MHLB 59 - Managers' Decisions, Contested Treatment Regimes and ... (Jan 2003)
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MHLB 58 - A Christmas Miscellany (Dec 2002)
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MHLB 57 - Seclusion - Human Rights Compliant (Oct 2002)
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MHLB 56 - If at first you don't succeed: Re-sectioning revisited (Sept 2002)
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MHLB 55 - Disclosure of information to victims (Aug 2002)
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MHLB 54 - Stop Press: The Draft Mental Health Bill (July 2002)
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MHLB 53 - Compulsory Treatment: The SOAD Procedure and a Review of Doctors' Clinical Judgment (June 2002)
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MHLB 52 - Guidance for Healthcare Professionals - Care for those lacking capacity (May 2002)
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MHLB 51 - Stop Press: Court ruling to open floodgate for claims (May 2002)
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MHLB 50 - The Care Standards Act 2000 - A Summary Overview (April 2002)
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MHLB 49 - Unit closures - A reason for challenge? (March 2002)
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MHLB 48 - E-mail regulations and the healthcare sector (Feb 2002)
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MHLB 47 - Yet more Human Rights (Jan 2002)
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MHLB 46 - ECT and the SOAD Procedure (Jan 2001)
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MHLB 45 - No sex please - we're patients! Human Rights and Policies Restricting Sexual Activiity (Nov 2001)
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MHLB 44 - Covert Medication and Nurse Prescribing (Oct 2001)
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MHLB 43 - Human Rights - Tribunal Hearings (Sept 2001)
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MHLB 42 - Compensation for Psychiatric Errors - The latest cases (Aug 2001)
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MHLB 41 - The Treatability Test - Further case law (July 2001)
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MHLB 40 - Failure to prevent suicide (June 2001)
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MHLB 39 - Human Rights: Patients' rights to receive telephone calls (May 2001)
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MHLB 38 - Latest cases from the Tribunal (April 2001)
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MHLB 37 - Compensation for unlawful detention in a Psychiatric Hospital (March 2001)
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MHLB 36 - The White Paper 'Reforming the Mental Health Act' (Jan 2001)
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MHLB 35 - Restricted patients and nearest relatives (Jan 2001)
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MHLB 34 - Human Rights and Mental Health (Dec 2000)
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MHLB 33 - Visiting Patients and the Human Rights Act (Nov 2000)
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MHLB 32 - "Re-sectioning" patients (Oct 2000)
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MHLB 31 - So what do you need to say to the nearest relative? (Sept 2000)
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MHLB 30 - Tribunal not bound to re-classify patient (Aug 2000)
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MHLB 29 - Deciding who is the "nearest relative" of a patient (Aug 2000)
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MHLB 28 - Stop Press: Appeal Court confirms liability to pay for accommodation (Aug 2000)
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MHLB 27 - Duty to provide Psychiatric Supervision in the Community under S.117 MHA (July 2000)
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MHLB 26 - Addressing the sexuality of patients in Mental Health Units (June 2000)
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MHLB 25 - Severe Personality Disorder (May 2000)
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MHLB 24 - Hunger Strikes (April 2000)
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MHLB 23 - Criteria for Discharge (March 2000)
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MHLB 22 - Nearest Relative Rights - Ignore them at your peril? (Feb 2000)
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MHLB 21 - Reform of Mental Health Legislation - A summary of the proposals (Feb 2000)
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MHLB 20 - "Seamless Service" for Mental Health Service to be introduced (Jan 2000)
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MHLB 19B - Advance Directives - further issues (Dec 1999)
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MHLB 19A - Advance Directives (Nov 1999)
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MHLB 18 - Wrongful Imprisonment (Oct 1999)
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MHLB 17 Conditions on Discharge imposed by Tribunals (Sept 1999)
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MHLB 16 - Psychiatric Patients and Windows (Aug 1999)
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MHLB 15 - The Treatability Test (July 1999)
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MHLB 14 - Who are the responsible after-care bodies? (June 1999)
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MHLB 13 - Hospital Managers' Reviews (May 1999)
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MHLB 12 - Displacement of nearest relative (April 1999)
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MHLB 11 - Prescription of unlicensed psychiatric medicines (Mar 1999)
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MHLB 10 - Liability for psychiatric patients in the community - latest cases (Feb 1999)
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MHLB 9 - Distinction between Nature and Degree of Mental Disorder (Jan 1999)
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MHLB 8 - New Mental Health Powers (Dec 1998)
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MHLB 7 - Renewing the detention of patients on Section 17 Leave (Nov 1998)
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MHLB 6 - Mental Health Law and the new Human Rights Act (Oct 1998)
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MHLB 5 - Consent to Treatment and Mental Health (Sept 1998)
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MHLB 4 - Emergency Detention Powers (Aug 1998)
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MHLB 3 - Mental Health Act Managers Meeting (July 1998)
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MHLB 2 - L-v- Bournewood Community & Mental NHS Trust (June 1998)
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MHLB 1 - The Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (May 1998)
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