Tyrrell & Gill Solicitors specialise in all aspects of mental health law, representing clients who are detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act.
We can assist you with:
- Tribunals
- Hospital Managers’ Hearings
- Section 117 after-care entitlement
- Compulsory treatment
- Advance (treatment) decisions
- Complaints
- Transfer requests
- Informal status advice
- Prison transfer
We can also advise the Nearest Relative of a detained patient and provide representation at Managers and Tribunal hearings for the Nearest Relative.
Our team of experienced and dedicated lawyers are able to attend clients at very short notice to provide representation at Mental Health Tribunals and Hospital Managers’ hearings. Where appropriate we can also attend section 117 (pre-discharge) and CPA meetings.
What To Expect
We pride ourselves on being ‘client centred’. This simply means we take our client’s point of view seriously and try our best to respond to their needs with a personal approach at a time that we know can be extremely distressing and frightening.
We hold a contract with The Legal Aid Agency and we are approved by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to provide mental health legal advice.
We will visit clients wherever they are, be that in hospital, care home or if appropriate at their own home in the community. We will usually be able to see a new client the same day or within 48 hours of first contact. We pride ourselves on our very rapid response to our clients needs.
Free legal advice can be provided for the majority of cases.
Where We Are
Our administrative offices are located in Hove, Sussex at the heart of our operations. Tyrrell & Gill proudly provide legal services to clients throughout the South East, Greater London and the Midlands areas, as well as in the North. Our team is active across East and West Sussex, Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Kent, London, Bedfordshire, West and East Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber as well as in the North West in Bury, Manchester, and Oldham.
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