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Modernising the Mental Health Act: Will more rights lead to less …
WEBby Professor Judy Laing, University of Bristol Law School. The government published a White Paper in January 2021 outlining proposals to reform the Mental Health Act in England and Wales. The government has consulted on these proposals and the consultation period closed a few weeks ago on 21 st April 2021. We now await further …
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New LLM: Health, Law, and Society
WEBBy Prof John Coggon, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Centre for Health, Law, and Society (University of Bristol Law School).. Scholars at the University of Bristol Law School have enjoyed a longstanding presence at the forefront of research in health law, and the undergraduate unit in Medical Law has become one of the most popular …
A perfect storm: Patients, psychiatrists and the pandemic
WEBBy Prof Judy Laing, Professor of Mental Health Law, Rights and Policy (University of Bristol Law School). Mental Health Awareness week is an important time to reflect on how the Covid-19 pandemic is generating a global crisis in mental health. Earlier this month, the United Nations published a policy brief warning that: ‘Although the Covid …
May 2020 – University of Bristol Law School Blog
WEBA perfect storm: Patients, psychiatrists and the pandemic. Posted on May 21, 2020 by lee.mcconnell. By Prof Judy Laing, Professor of Mental Health Law, Rights and Policy (University of Bristol Law School) Mental Health Awareness week is an important time to reflect on how the Covid-19 pandemic is generating a global crisis in mental health.
R (on the application of A and B) v Secretary of State for Health
WEBA comment on R (on the application of A and B) v Secretary of State for Health [2017] UKSC 41. By Dr Sheelagh McGuinness, Senior Lecturer in Law (University of Bristol Law School) and Prof Keith Syrett, Professor of Law (University of Cardiff, School of Law and Politics).. The start of June 2017 saw abortion law in Northern Ireland (NI) …
Closing the Gaps: Health and Safety in the Home
WEBThe law relating to health and safety in people’s homes is piecemeal, out-dated, complex, dependent upon tenure, and patchily enforced. It makes obscure distinctions, which have little relationship with everyday experiences of poor conditions. Tenants wanting to remedy defects face numerous and often insurmountable barriers to …
The Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010: Is it a good legislative …
WEBBy Afiya France, PhD Student, The Law School, University of Bristol. The UK government is forging through on its declared commitment to modernise the 1983 Mental Health Act (MHA) for the 21 st century.This key piece of legislation sets out a legal framework for the detention and compulsory treatment of people with a mental health …
The Models of Parliamentary Sovereignty
WEBThe Models of Parliamentary Sovereignty. By Mr Marc Johnson, Teaching Associate in Law (University of Bristol Law School). The concept of Parliamentary Sovereignty (also referred to as Parliamentary Supremacy and Legislative Supremacy) deals with several concurrent principles and this makes it a complicated concept to …
Tackling Terrorism in Britain: What are the Threats, Responses, and
WEBby Steven Greer, Professor of Human Rights, University of Bristol Law School. Introduction. Twenty years ago the world witnessed the horrific events of 9/11. A great deal has happened on the counterterrorist front since.
The weaponisation of women’s right to health in Iran and the …
WEBby Gelara Fanaeian, the Law School, University of Bristol This blog post is the second part of a two-part review of the Hijab and Chastity Bill. In the first section, the fundamental elements of the Hijab and Chastity Bill, the UN’s approach toward it, the legal and political background that led to its establishment, and its effect on women’s right to …
Smart technology and patient safety – a double-edged sword
WEBThe use of such technology is central to healthcare systems delivering more personalised care, and may be useful given an ageing population, the increasing prevalence of chronic conditions, and the aim of reducing hospital admissions. However, smart technologies may create a double-edged sword for therapeutic relationships and …
Abortion Law Reform in Northern Ireland
WEBBy Dr Sheelagh McGuinness, Reader in Law (University of Bristol Law School) & Professor Sir Jonathan Montgomery, Professor of Healthcare Law (UCL Laws).. Credit: Rossographer October 22 nd 2019 marked a momentous day for those who have advocated for decades for liberalisation of Northern Ireland’s restrictive abortion laws. …
Vicarious Liability in the Supreme Court: Can we finally say it is no
WEBBy Prof Paula Giliker, Professor of Comparative Law (University of Bristol Law School). In Various Claimants v Catholic Child Welfare Society (CCWS) [2012] UKSC 56, Lord Phillips famously stated that “The law of vicarious liability is on the move.” This leading case also made it clear that two elements have to be shown before one person can be …
Nanny states and grown-up debates on alcohol policy
WEBAt the level of principle, a nanny state critique of measures to regulate alcohol production, marketing, and consumption would be born of the idea that adults are autonomous decision makers. This means, so the argument goes, that adults are always best able to make their own choices because they always know best their own interests.
Mental disability and voting rights: Bridging the knowledge and …
WEBBy Prof Judy Laing, Professor of Mental Health law, Rights and Policy (University of Bristol Law School). As the general election approaches and you consider whether to use your vote, spare a thought for the thousands of people who are detained in psychiatric hospitals or living in residential care/nursing homes, and who may not even …
Maintaining a Former Spouse: Villiers v Villiers and family law in
WEBBy the ‘Fair Shares’ Project Team: Emma Hitchings, Caroline Bryson, Gillian Douglas, Susan Purdon and Donna Crowe-Urbaniak. Fair Shares – Sorting out money and property on divorce is a new study, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, which will explore the arrangements couples reach relating to their finances and property when they …
Abortion rights in Northern Ireland – University of Bristol Law …
WEBA comment on R (on the application of A and B) v Secretary of State for Health [2017] UKSC 41. By Dr Sheelagh McGuinness, Senior Lecturer in Law (University of Bristol Law School) and Prof Keith Syrett, Professor of Law (University of Cardiff, School of Law and Politics).. The start of June 2017 saw abortion law in Northern Ireland (NI) …
Tag: Ellen Street Estates Ltd v Minister of Health
WEBThe Models of Parliamentary Sovereignty. By Mr Marc Johnson, Teaching Associate in Law (University of Bristol Law School). The concept of Parliamentary Sovereignty (also referred to as Parliamentary Supremacy and Legislative Supremacy) deals with several concurrent principles and this makes it a complicated concept to …
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