The Scottish Mental Health Tribunal : : Practice and Procedure / / Ailsa Carmichael, Derek Auchie.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Auchie, Derek,; Carmichael, Ailsa,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 4 B/W tables

A practical commentary on the practice and procedure of the new Mental Health Tribunal for ScotlandDerek Auchie and Ailsa Carmichael conduct a full review of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) (No 2) Rules 2005, together with a detailed examination of the relevant provisions of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.The authors, both Legal Members of the Tribunal, draw upon their own experiences and the experiences of other members in convening Tribunal hearings, making this text an invaluable practical resource for anyone involved at any level of the Tribunal process.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Table of cases -- Table of statutes -- Table of statutory instruments -- Table of conventions -- List of abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction and background -- Chapter 2 the tribunal, parties and relevant persons -- Chapter 3 hearing procedure i – preliminary matters -- Chapter 4 hearing procedure Ii – the merits of the case -- Chapter 5 Hearing procedure III – the rules of evidence -- Chapter 6 tribunal applications, appeals, references and reviews -- Chapter 7 tribunal decisions -- Chapter 8 Appeals from tribunal decisions -- Appendix 1 mental health (care and treatment) (scotland) act 2003 (asp 13) -- Appendix 2 mental health tribunal for scotland (practice and procedure) (No 2) rules 2005 (ssi 2005/519) -- Appendix 3 regulations -- Appendix 4 practice directions and guidance notes -- Appendix 5 statement of principles of judicial ethics for the Scottish judiciary -- Index