🧠 OPEN ACCESS resource on the FRONTAL LOBE PARADOX aimed at lawyers (and practitioners) navigating this complex presentation in #MCA decision-making. The guide was produced for the #CoP Bar Association but will have wider relevance for all professionals www.cpba.org.uk/events/past-...

Brick-by-Brick, Wall-by-Wall: Co-Producing Transnational Feminist Abolitionist Knowledges

Brick-by-Brick, Wall-by-Wall: Co-Producing Transnational Feminist Abolitionist Knowledges

molly ackhurst, Shaimaa Abdelkarim (@shaimabdelkarim.bsky.social) & Silvana Tapia Tapia (@silvilunazul.bsky.social)

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Lived Experiences of the Law: Update and Emerging Findings This blog is an update of the series from the Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research (ICPR) at Birkbeck, University of London, guest edited by Dr Amy Kirby. This blog series reflect upon deba...

New blogpost from the Lived Experience of Law Editorial Team with an update on their project findings - www.slsa.ac.uk/post/lived-e...

Understand the core principles of grounded theory, and how they inform analytic processes.

Featured Spring #Qualitative Inquiry Seminars course:
Introduction to Grounded Theory: A Constructivist Approach, with Elaine Keane

For info & to register: www.researchtalk.com/sqis

#qualconvo

If you were a Supreme Court judge, how would you decide Cheshire West Revisited? Observers form opinions about what they see, opinions informed by their own unique expertise and knowledge base (professional and personal).

New blog post

After observing the case in the Supreme Court reconsidering Cheshire West, seven different court observers reflect on how THEY would want law and practice changed in relation to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.

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When open justice undermines public confidence: Scrutinising the Supreme Court Justice is not a cloistered virtue; she must be allowed to suffer the scrutiny and respectful, even though outspoken, comments of ordinary men

Open justice is supposed to enhance public trust + confidence in the justice system - but in this case it had the opposite effect.

What does the Supreme Court need to do differently to make sure COP observers have a better experience next time?

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Observing the Judges in the Supreme Court referring to people as 'the demented' and 'old dears' felt extremely regressive, not to mention the discussion that some people with mental impairment have no liberty to be deprived of. What are your thoughts? 🧐

Thank you Celia! 🙏

“Liberty” in the Supreme Court “What about somebody who is so demented they’re effectively catatonic. Just spend the day in front of a television set. Is that person- In what sense does that person have any liberty which she can…

New blog post
By Eleanor Tallon

What does an experienced social worker and best interests assessor make of the Supreme Court hearing revisiting Cheshire West?

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It’s today! Send an email to openjustice@yahoo.com to ask for the link to attend this free webinar. @eleanor24.bsky.social talking about her role as a BIA. There’ll be lots of time for questions. @openjusticecop.bsky.social

A Reference by the Attorney General of Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 - UK Supreme Court “Whether the Minister of Health has power to revise the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice issued under s.288 of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (‘the 2016 Act’) so as ...

Very interesting upcoming case from Northern Ireland in UK Supreme Court - about whether a person could be taken to consent to what could otherwise be a 'deprivation of liberty' if it aligns with their wishes and feelings www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...

Sentencing in contempt proceedings: Punishment and coercion in a case before Lieven J By Celia Kitzinger, 14th August 2025 A mother who refused to obey court orders was sentenced to 28 days in prison, and her pre-teenage daughter was to be taken into foster care, in a case I watched…

Judge sends mother to prison and puts child into care for contempt of court, following Court of Appeal decision that continued defiance of court orders MUST be punished to uphold authority of the court

New blog post by @kitzingercelia.bsky.social

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Now with link to judgment, just published today. What did the judge decide? Click on the link at the top of the blog post.

#NotSecretCourt

“Perhaps the most contentious matter is the question of his social media and internet access.”  But who is the decision-maker? By Daniel Clark, Eleanor Tallon, and Heather Walton, 24th July 2025 “The case concerns a young autistic man residing in a supported living setting, and proceedings have been ongoing. The real issue…

New blog post by @clarkdaniel.bsky.social + @eleanor24.bsky.social + Heather Walton

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Great to be here at the East of England Trauma Network Rehab Workshop. An insightful morning with @andrewbateman.bsky.social Sushant Jeurkar and @juliagirard.bsky.social.
Look forward to afternoon discussions on current practice and planning for the future.

#RighttoRehab #braininjury #neurotrauma

Currently preparing for my dissertation research project..
🧠 In a nutshell, I'm exploring how the MCA, 2005 is applied in private brain injury case management; how welfare decisions are made for clients whose care is funded by #personalinjury compensation.
👀Watch this space for updates!

Amanda Hill on LinkedIn: An important judgment handed down today for anyone interested in capacity… An important judgment handed down today for anyone interested in capacity assessments (including Eleanor Tallon): [2025] EWCOP 6 (T3) https://lnkd.in/eUTQzfXc…

'Insight is a clinical concept, whereas decision making capacity is a legal concept'. Looking forward to the blog on this judgement 👍@amandaaphill.bsky.social
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Eleanor Tallon on LinkedIn: #mentalcapacity #dols #humanrights #safeguards #willandpreferences ⁉️ What are human rights safeguards? First of all, let me tell you about Jack. Jack is widowed and has lived in a care home for over 5 years. He has…

Thanks @eleanor24.bsky.social for sharing Jack’s story. A powerful reminder that dignity is in the details.

#HumanRights #Safeguards aren’t just legal frameworks—they’re the everyday actions that honour a person’s identity, choices, and worth.

#MentalCapacity

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Thank you for being on board and fighting with the same passion Simon!

Reflecting on posts from @eleanor24.bsky.social and @martinpedersen.bsky.social this week, it brought me back to the language we use in health and care settings. Language isn’t just technical—it reflects and reinforces the culture we work in.

#nursesky #mentalhealth #socialcare

Elucidating the meaning of deprivation of liberty orders: HHJ Burrows and local authority at cross-purposes on DOLS and care plans By Celia Kitzinger, 10th October 2024 This is a follow-up report on the case already blogged earlier (by Hita Jaheda): COP 14216532 before HHJ Burrows sitting in Preston: A Puzzling Application, Br…

My new blog post about an interesting hearing before HHJ Burrows with published judgment to follow - addressing misconceptions about deprivation of liberty orders.

#openjustice

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📣FREE event: Learn about the United Nation Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), @stevebroach.bsky.social discrimination specialist lawyer will be speaking about why the CRPD should be UK law.
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👩‍🎓🤩 So I have officially started my journey as an ESRC DTP research student at the University of Birmingham (combined Masters/ PhD). Still lots of ironing out in terms of choosing MA research modules but I'm sure it will become clearer following induction! #MCA #ABI #research

👏🏻 A fantastic BISWG seminar on 🧠 Acquired Brain Injury
🔺Multiple Exclusion Homelessness
🔹Mental Capacity
⚠️ When people are not 'service shaped' they fall off the cliff and are exposed to serious harm, whilst services use the excuse that "it's a lifestyle choice". It's not a choice. #ABI #MCA

Learning disability, access to justice, and the role of the law (and lawyers) – in conversation with Rosie Harding In this ‘in conversation’ with Professor Rosie Harding, we talk about the Co-Producing Accessible Legal Information (COALITION) Project, which has recently published its concluding repo…

Learning disability, access to justice, and the role of the law (and lawyers) – in conversation with Rosie Harding: www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/learning-dis...

Human Rights Claims struck out where defendant was not a public authority Human Rights Claims struck out where defendant was not a public authority.

Successful application to strike out human rights claims on the basis that the provider was not a public authority/ exercising public functions for purposes of s.6 HRA & that Article 2 was not engaged on the facts. Informative judgement 💡#humanrights www.kingschambers.com/human-rights...

September 2024 Mental Capacity Report now out – and walkthrough The September 2024 Mental Capacity Report is now out.  It is something of a doorstop thanks to our (in this context mistaken) decision to take August off. Highlights this month include: (1) In the …

The September 2024 39 Essex Chambers Mental Capacity Report is now out - it's free, and comes out 10 times a year, covering all matters mental capacity law (and mental health law) related. It is here, together with my video walkthrough of it: www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/september-20...

Balancing open justice and P’s right to privacy: A protected party says NO to a public observer “and her voice shall be heard” By Eleanor Tallon, 3rd September 2024 I was not able to observe this hearing because the protected party, N, said she did not want an observer as “she doesn't know who they are or what their ethics an...

New blog post!

Judge made 'best interests' decision that (previously public) hearing should be PRIVATE when observer turned up for the first time

She used the Civil Procedure Rules

I think this is wrong + creates false impression of transparency.

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