Resources & Education

We provide practical help when it’s needed most.

We have a range of helpful resources so you can learn more about us, and find out about the services and support we provide.

Browse resources from the below categories:

Ruah Legal Services & MHLC
Involuntary Treatment Orders
Criminal Law Proceedings
Guardianship & Administration Orders
Care & Protection Proceedings

Ruah Legal Services & MHLC

Who we are and what we do

Diversity and Inclusion

Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan

General Information

Learn more about the legal advice and representation and non-legal support we provide at Ruah Legal Services.

Involuntary Treatment Orders

What are Involuntary Treatment Orders?

What are Mental Health Tribunal Hearings?

Treatment Options for Mental Illness

There are a number of treatments available in WA for patients with mental illness. This brochure provides an overview of the psychiatric treatments provided by recognised mental health services in WA.

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

This brochure is designed to provide a basic understanding of the legal rules around the use of ECT in Western Australia.

Criminal Law Proceedings

Work and Development Permit Scheme

The Work and Development Permit (WDP) Scheme helps people experiencing hardship to pay their court fines through means other than financial.

Fitness to stand trial

If a person is accused of a crime, they need to have the mental capacity to understand and take part in the court process.

Custody Orders

A Custody Order can be made where a person accused of a crime is found Not Guilty on account of mental impairment (either at Trial or Special Proceeding) or the person is not fit to stand trial and is found to have committed the offence charged (or a statutory alternative).

Guardianship and Administration

Guardianship and Administration Orders – What are they?

How to Change a Guardianship or Administration Order

What does a Guardianship or Administration Order Hearing look like in the State Administrative Tribunal?

Guardianship Orders

A Guardianship Order can be put in place to help a person make important personal life decisions when they cannot do so themselves, usually because they have a mental illness or disability. Ruah Legal Services and MHLC can help you with legal advice and representation if you are the subject of a Guardianship Order application or your Guardianship Order is being reviewed by the State Administrative Tribunal.

Administration Orders

An Administration Order can be put in place to help a person manage their financial affairs when they cannot do so themselves, because they have a mental illness or disability. The MHLC can help you with legal advice and representation if you are the subject of an Administration Order application or your Administration Order is being reviewed by the State Administrative Tribunal.

Care and Protection Proceedings

Care and Protection Service

Learn more about this innovative service that brings together experienced lawyers and dedicated community Key Workers to provide wrap-around legal and non-legal social support to families facing child protection proceedings.