Home | Property | Litigation | Family | How to find us | Contact | Employment | Mental Health | Private Client The Mental Health Department provides representation to those detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act. Heringtons is one of the only firms within a 40 mile radius that maintains a department that is publically funded to provide representation before the first tier tribunal, formerly known as the Mental Health Review Tribunal.. David Harding and Russell Parkes are both part time judges in this field and bring a wealth of experience in representing the detained patient. Russell, with his Criminal Law background has experience of representing the mentally disordered from police station to Crown Court but is equally at home applying for the discharge of patients detained under Section 2 and Section 3. With the development of Community Treatment Orders following the latest mental Health Act Heringtons are able to offer a complete service both to those that are detained and the relatives of those that are detained.[] David Harding Russell Parkes