An article that I have co-written with a former student of mine, Michal Friedman, has just (March 2021) appeared in the Journal of Elder Law … Read More ›
Category: Research of interest
The Essex Autonomy Project wants you (if you are a professional working in or with care homes in England and Wales!) for a survey, which … Read More ›
The (pandemic delayed) new issue of the IJMHCL is now published, available (for free), here: To whet your appetite, I reproduce the editorial below: This … Read More ›
In England and Wales, the concept of mental capacity is codified in the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA). Central to this concept is the functional … Read More ›
For years, the debate about the interface between the MHA and the MCA (as to which, see further my shedinar here) and where it should … Read More ›
A new article to which I have contributed, led by Dr Nuala Kane, has just appeared in PLOS ONE, called Applying decision-making capacity criteria in practice: … Read More ›
As part of the Wellcome-funded Mental Health and Justice Project, a metacognition workstream is looking at the interfaces between mental capacity and cognitive science. One of … Read More ›
The 3rd edition of the Court of Protection Handbook is now published, with the addition of Nicola Mackintosh QC (Hon) to the team of Kate … Read More ›
One of the first fruits of the Wellcome-funded Mental Health and Justice project has just been published in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. … Read More ›
The Independent MHA Review surveys of service users and carers are now live, with a closing deadline of 28 February. Please share widely.