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Law (and the place of law) at the end of life: seminar 1 November
I will be speaking at this free seminar at the Royal College of Nursing on 1 November alongside Sir Mark… Read more
World Guardianship Congress Report
The 4th World Congress on Adult Guardianship has just been held in Erkner, Germany, and I attended the first (international)… Read more
LGA MCA/DOLS resources
The Local Government Association MCA/DOLS resources page has been updated recently to include a number of very useful guides, including:… Read more
Wellcome Trust Clinical Research position: Supporting Advance Directives in Bipolar Disorder.
As part of a team (Dr Gareth Owen (psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience), Dr Tania Gergel (mental health ethics),… Read more
Mandatory report of abuse consultation – not just in relation to children
With thanks to Alison Brammer for pointing this out, the consultation currently open on the possible introduction of mandatory reporting of… Read more
Shining a Light Behind Closed Doors
Eleanore Fritze, a deeply impressive lawyer from Victoria in Australia, has written a fascinating, and compelling, report entitled “Shining a… Read more
Disability Rights UK – events to feed into shadow CPRD report
Disability Rights UK will be writing a shadow report for England and Wales – and for GB – to inform… Read more
Extending the great safety net
In Al-Jeffery v Al-Jeffery (Vulnerable Adult: British Citizen) [2016] EWHC 2151 (Fam), Holman J has confirmed for the first time that the… Read more
CQC Experts by Experience vacancies in Greater London and South
Today is my day for recruitment – this time for assisting finding Experts by Experience for CQC inspections in the… Read more