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MHRT - Continued Detention/Treatment Orders Legal aid is available for patients appearing before the Mental Health Review Tribunal on a hearing to determine the question of the making of a continued detention order or a continued treatment patient order, or order under s19 of the Protected Estates Act 1983. A grant of aid for this type of matter is not subject to a means test or merit test. Mental Health Matters - Representation by salaried staff Salaried Commission solicitors conduct these matters unless a salaried solicitor is unable to conduct the matter or exceptional circumstances exist. There is no right of appeal to a Legal Aid Review Committee against a decision to provide aid on an inhouse basis (see ss34(4A) and 56(1AA) of the Legal Aid Commission Act 1979). See also Legal Aid's Mental Health Advocacy Service. |
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