Supporting Legal Capacity in Socio-Legal Context (Mary Donnelly, Rosie Harding and Ezgi Taşcıoğlu, eds., Hart, 2022, hardback/eBook, c.£76/61) The second wave of scholarship about the … Read More ›
Month: May 2022
The Law Society of Scotland has published on 19 May 2022 a detailed report considering and addressing current deficiencies in Scots law in relation to advance … Read More ›
Judging by my inbox (which I know I shouldn’t be checking on sabbatical), a considerable amount of confusion has been caused by the announcement that … Read More ›
The Ministry of Justice’s consultation paper on ‘Modernising Lasting Powers of Attorney’ (in England & Wales) was published on 20 July 2021. It invited comments … Read More ›
In this conversation, I talk to Dr Zoë Fritz, Wellcome fellow in Society and Ethics and a Consultant in Acute Medicine at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, about … Read More ›
In this conversation, I talk to Dr Thomas Kabir about his work with the McPin Foundation, and co-chair of the Service User Advisory Group for … Read More ›
Is there something unique about being a lawyer or judge in the Court of Protection (CoP)? Could this uniqueness have something to do with the … Read More ›
In the Queen’s Speech today (10 May 2022), it was announced that draft legislation would be brought forward to reform the Mental Health Act in … Read More ›
In this conversation, I talk to Dr Bev Clough about her new book, The Spaces of Mental Capacity Law Moving Beyond Binaries, and dig into two … Read More ›