Pioneering Healthcare – Celebrating the Work of Margaret Brazier
Alex Mullock and Catherine Stanton, co-editors of the newly launched festschrift, reflect on the impact of Professor Brazier's scholarship on healthcare law and practice. Very few academics come to be described as pioneers in their field but Professor Margaret...
read moreTrends in the Tribunals World: Part 2
In his two part blog Professor Robert Thomas provides an overview of tribunals in the United Kingdom before considering potential future developments for these core institutions of administrative justice. These blog contributions are drawn from a paper delivered at a...
read moreWill, Preferences, and the Danger of Confusing Wants and Needs – Some Thoughts on the UNCRPD
Paul Skowron reflects on one of the challenges presented by the UNCRPD. ‘There is no necessary connection between what you can judge the plant “needs” and what you want’ -GEM Anscombe, ‘Modern Moral Philosophy’ (1958) 33 Philosophy 1, 6 Introduction This...
read moreTrends in the Tribunals World
In his two part blog Professor Robert Thomas provides an overview of tribunals in the United Kingdom before considering potential future developments for these core institutions of administrative justice. These blog contributions are drawn from a paper delivered at a...
read moreCross-National Care Proceedings in the European Union.
Ruth Lamont & Claire Fenton-Glynn on practical issues of cooperation in cross-national care proceedings and an upcoming workshop. Taking a child into the public care of a Local Authority is one of the most severe forms of state interference in family life, but...
read moreWhat is ‘proper medical treatment’?
Alex Mullock and Sara Fovargue introduce the key themes from their new book on the 'medical exception' in law. In The Legitimacy of Medical Treatment: What Role for the Medical Exception? (Routledge: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138819634/) edited by...
read moreTo stigmatise or not to stigmatise – Should we publicly identify possible carriers of MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus)?
Professor Søren Holm invites us to consider the ethical challenges facing the Danish public health authorities in tackling MRSA Stigmatising somebody is a bad thing to do. It marks them out as ‘other’ and links them to negative stereotypes and characteristics, and may...
read moreDecision distortion: Misconceptions over the regulation of hydraulic fracturing
Gary Lynch-Wood and John Pearson consider the dangers of misconceptions in discussions surrounding the regulation of hydraulic fracturing. The recent decision of the Lancashire County Council Minerals and Waste Planning Authority to reject two applications relating to...
read moreStress-testing Schedule 3: cross-border placements and the Court of Protection
Alex Ruck Keene considers the ramifications of the recognition and enforcement of foreign protective measures for adults with impairments within the English legal system. In Re PA, PB and PC [2015] EWCOP 38, Baker J has conducted a detailed analysis...
read moreWhat difference does it make? Do we really learn lessons from Safeguarding Adults Reviews?
Kirsty Keywood reflects on the challenges presented by Safeguarding Adults Reviews in light of the Care Act 2014 Introduction Those of us who are involved in the law relating to adult safeguarding are sadly aware of the all too frequent occurrence of deaths, neglect...
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