Law Update: Joint conference

Lawyers and psychiatrists are joining forces next month in an attempt to improve mental health law. The tenth anniversary of the 1983 Mental Health Act is being marked by a conference jointly organised by the Law Society, the Institute of Psychiatry and the Mental Health Act Commission.

Booking inquiries for the conference, to be held in central London on 11/12 November, should be directed to Lee Wilding, Conference Office, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF (tel 071-919 3170).