The Step by Step Guide to making Section 32 (MHFPA) applications

The Step by Step Guide is a concise and practical guide for lawyers representing clients with intellectual disability in Section 32 applications in the NSW Local Courts

A web version of this guide will be available soon.

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Training locations and dates (in 2012)

  • 11 February – Merimbula
  • 7 March - Orange
  • 16 March – Newcastle
  • 29 March – Goulburn
  • 21 April – ALS Northern Zone Conference in Armidale
  • 27 June – Lismore

Training is also planned for Albury, Broken Hill, Campbelltown, Gosford, Moree, Parramatta, Penrith, Redfern, Tamworth, Taree and Wagga Wagga.

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Additional resources

All about Section 32 - Mental Health (Criminal Procedure) Act 1900 (As Amended)

This is a paper delivered at the ALS State Conference in August 2007 by Robert Tumeth, a solicitor at Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Ltd

This paper is published with the author's permission and all rights are held by the author, Robert Tumeth.

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Please click All about Section 32 - Mental Health (Criminal Procedure) Act 1900 (As Amended) to access the document via Scribd ®

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