David Hewitt

The Nearest Relative Handbook

Second Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This fully updated second edition explains how the nearest relative is identified, and how in some cases he or she might be displaced. It also contains a wealth of new case examples and illustrative scenarios, providing a succinct discussion of each significant case and incorporating all the very latest changes to the Mental Health Act.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 294g
• ISBN-13: 9781843109716
• ISBN-10: 1843109719
• Artikelnr.: 25393290

Autorenporträt

David Hewitt is a solicitor and a partner in Weightmans LLP. He was a member of the Mental Health Act Commission for nine years and now holds visiting fellowships at Northumbria University and Lincoln University. He is a President of Mental Health Review Tribunals and sits on the editorial board of The Journal of Mental Health Law. He appeared as a witness before the joint Parliamentary committee on the draft Mental Health Bill of 2004.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Abbreviations Used in this Book. Introduction. 1. The Recent
History of the Nearest Relative. 2. The Nearest Relative of an Adult. 3.
The Nearest Relative of some Minors. 4. Ceasing to be the Nearest Relative.
5. Admission and the Nearest Relative. 6. Discharge and the Nearest
Relative. Appendix One. Statutory Extracts. Appendix Two. Regulations.
Appendix Three. Specimen Document. Appendix Four. List of Legal Cases
Cited. References. Subject index. Author index.