If you need assistance with representation at the Mental Health Review Board for a Community Treatment Order, urgent advice about Electroconvulsive Therapy or the CAT team you can telephone the Centre between 9:00 and 5.00pm. from Monday to Friday on 96294422 or 1800555887. The Centre can accept reverse charge calls in an emergency.
All other inquiries should go to the Telphone Advice Line.
The Centre is not in a positon to advise carers or staff without the clients permission.
The Centre will try to assist other solicitors acting on behalf of people who have a mental illness where possible.
Casework Areas
The Mental Health Legal Centre does a variety of legal advocacy work, but only if the legal problem relates directly to the mental illness.
We may be able to assist you with:
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Community Treatment Orders
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Health Complaints
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Criminal Law
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Child Welfare Law
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Family Law
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Discrimination
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Guardianship and Administration
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State Trustees
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Freedom of Information
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Other legal problems that relate directly to mental illness
