Legal Aid Solicitors

We advise and represent people who have been made subject to compulsory detention powers under the Mental Health Act 1983. We are very experienced at representing detained patients in the First-Tier Mental Health Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal. We have particular expertise in representing forensic mental health patients detained in medium-security hospitals. We also advise clients on diverse legal questions which arise when people are detained in hospital, for example in relation to compulsory medication, transfers to and from prison, inquests concerning deaths in detention, consultation with patients’ nearest relatives as well as the legality of their detention.