Medico-legal Masterclass - Tribunal reports and evidence
One Day Event
| Timings | 2:00pm - 5:00pm |
| Location | Virtual event, Online |
| CPD | 3 CPD points |
| Non-Member Fee | £93 |
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| Consultants Fee | £70 |
| Higher Resident / SAS Doctor Fee | £54 |
| Resident Core / Subsidised / Retired Fee | £36 |
| Medical Student / FY Doctors Fee | £36 |
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Event Information
Speaker Information
Georga Godwin
Georga Godwin is a senior lawyer based in Oxfordshire who currently practices in as a Consultant Solicitor specializing in mental health and capacity law. She was called to the Bar in July 2005 as a member of the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, and was admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in 2008.
Georga was short-listed for The Law Society’s Human Rights Lawyer of the Year 2018, (the first mental health lawyer ever to be nominated). She is a contributor to the Oxford Textbook of In-Patient Psychiatry (OUP, 2019). She is an experienced human rights advocate, specialising in representing children, forensic patients, and patients with autism.
Georga also provides legal advice on discharge planning and legal frameworks for high-profile cases to NHS Trusts. She is a member of the Mental Health Lawyers Association, and is also a Social Mobility Ambassador for The Law Society.
Session overview
This session will cover the following areas:
- Powers of the FTTMH;
- Tribunal Procedure Rules;
- Practice Directions;
- The Role of Victims;
- Discharge Criteria;
- Legal Tests for Forensic Sections;
- Evidence;
- Written Evidence;
- The Hearing – procedure;
- Roles of the Parties;
- Oral Evidence;
- After the Hearing.
Watch on demand
This event will be recorded and available to all registered delegates to watch on demand. The recording will be available within two weeks of the live event taking place and will be emailed out to all registered delegates. The recording will be available to watch for 60 days from the event taking place.
Copies of speakers' slides will be included with the recording, but only in cases where we have received permission from the speaker.
We ask that all delegates ensure that their email address associated with their membership account is correct and up to date, as this is where all correspondence will be sent.
Terms and conditions
For further information, please contact:
Email: division.events@rcpsych.ac.uk
Contact Name: Division Events Team
Contact number: 0208 618 4240