Human Rights Act

The law will change when the Human Rights Act 1998 comes into force. This Act gives effect to the European Convention on Human Rights. 

Human Rights Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2000, The Stationery Office, London (2000)... 

The Mental Health Act 1983 famended 20071 The Mental Gapacity Act 200S Treating children and young people The Human Rights Act 1998... 

Table 15.2 Relevance of The Human Rights Act to mental health law Chapter 17 Training in psychiatry Table 17.1 Teaching basics Table 17.2 Research essentials Chapter 21 Depression...

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Reforms to the civil claims procedures proposed by Lord Woolf were adopted on 26 April 1999. These were designed to ensure that courts deal with claims justly and quickly, and the resulting Civil Procedure Rules constitute probably the most far-reaching single set of changes in the administration of civil justice. At the time of writing it remains to be seen what effect the introduction of the Human Rights Act will have on the reforms and the system as a whole. 

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