To mark the annual Mental Health Awareness week in May 2021, our Director Sheree Green took part in a Law Society education podcast with Jennifer Nwachukwu, reflecting on developments in mental health law and some of the changes they would like to see introduced in a new and updated mental health …
Modernising the Mental Health Act
Greenchurch launches new YouTube channel “Law Unpacked” for families which include a disabled person
Making decisions can be challenging. If you have a learning disability, a brain injury, some decisions can be harder still. Law unpacked helps you understand how to use the law, particularly the Mental Capacity Act 2005, to support people to make their own decisions. Or to help them choose and …
Landmark reform of mental health laws
Greenchurch welcomes the government white paper published today which aims to make our mental health legislation fit for purpose in the 21st Century. Our director, Sheree Green, says: “This is long overdue – but very welcome. It is over 2 years since the publication of the independent review …