This hub is a resource for all panel members providing information to help them carry out their duties.
These items include, but are not limited to, reference materials, forms, guides and links to useful information. This resource has been specifically compiled for panel members, however, in the interests of openness, transparency and understanding the resource has been made available on-line for anyone who wishes to access it.
Guidance Documents Mental Health Tribunals
Code of Conduct for Panel Members
Guidance on in-person hearings in approved centres
Information and Guidance for Panel Members
Panel Member Information
Templates
Combined Form 8 and Record of MHT Proceedings (previously 'Decision of the Tribunal Proceeding')
Section 17 Report Template for CMH
Technical Guidance
Guidance Form 8 Digital Signatures (previously 'Digitisation Guidance')
Guidance Document for the use of Videoconferencing
MHC 4020i Printer Install Guide
Statutory Forms
Legislation
Section 3 of the Mental Health Acts
Legal Representative Matters
Legal Representatives Policy for Professional Checks
Mental Health Legal Aid Scheme 2005
Terms and Conditions Pursuant to the Mental Health Legal Aid Scheme 2005
Quality Assurance Directions for Legal Representatives
Circuit Court Appeal Legal Aid Procedures
Q&As re Audit of Legal Representative files – updated 28 November 2025
Payment / Fees
Claiming and Payment of Fees - A User Guide for Panel Members
Claiming Fees – A User Guide for Legal Representatives
MyExpenses - A User Guide to claiming Travel and Subsistence for MHT Panel Members
GDPR / Data Protection / Freedom of Information
Data Subject Rights Request: Policy and Procedure
