In this ‘in conversation’ with Dr Sam Halliday, we consider why the courts in England & Wales take the approach… Read more
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How is the Mental Capacity Act faring? In conversation with Dr Margaret Flynn
To mark 10 years since the publication of the report of the House of Lords select committee convened to conduct… Read more
How to compare mental health and mental capacity frameworks across countries: in conversation with Professor Gavin Davidson
In this ‘in conversation with’ Professor Gavin Davidson, we discuss the new paper that he has co-authored, entitled Comparing mental health… Read more
Mental health, coercion, lived experience and what is truly important – in conversation with Graham Morgan MBE
In the last ‘in conversation’ of 2023, I talk to Graham Morgan MBE about his perspective on coercion in mental… Read more
The Routledge Handbook of Mental Health Law – in conversation with Professors Brendan Kelly and Mary Donnelly
In this ‘in conversation’ with, I talk to the editors of the new Routledge Handbook of Mental Health Law, Professors… Read more
Moving beyond autonomy: the indivisibility of rights – in conversation with Dr Julia Duffy
In this ‘in conversation with’ Dr Julia Duffy, we discuss her new book, the indivisibility of rights, and how we… Read more
Necessary and unnecessary complexity in decision-making capacity – and ‘lifestyle choice’
Those who might want to think a bit more about ‘lifestyle choice’ in the light of current headlines might find… Read more
Questioning our presumptions about the presumption of capacity – in conversation with Isabel Astrachan and Dr Scott Kim
In this ‘in conversation’ with, I talk to Isabel Astrachan and Dr Scott Kim about the paper we recently published… Read more
Distributed rights protection: The 2000 Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults and the challenge of securing fundamental rights across borders
In an article published in September 2023 in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, my colleague in Chambers, Chiara… Read more
Insight and mental health care: the perspective of those whose insight is being questioned: in conversation with Dr Magda Furgalska
In this ‘in conversation’ with, I talk to Dr Magda Furgalska about her research into people’s lived experiences of ‘insight’… Read more