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eleanor24.bsky.social
Independent #SocialWorker #MCA #DoLS #BestInterestAssessor #CoP #ExpertWitness #ABI #Research Proud mum. Passionate about human rights. Nature lover đź’š
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'Insight is a clinical concept, whereas decision making capacity is a legal concept'. Looking forward to the blog on this judgement đź‘Ť@amandaaphill.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

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 www.linkedin.com/posts/eleano...

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

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

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

My new blog post about an interesting hearing before HHJ Burrows with published judgment to follow - addressing misconceptions about deprivation of liberty orders. #openjustice openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/10/10/e...

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đź“ŁFREE 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. gmcdp.com/civicrm/even...

submitted 161 days ago • 0 comments

👩‍🎓🤩 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

submitted 166 days ago • 0 comments

👏🏻 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

submitted 179 days ago • 0 comments

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

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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 đź’ˇ#humanrights www.kingschambers.com/human-rights...

submitted 182 days ago • 1 comment

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...

submitted 186 days ago • 0 comments

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. openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/09/03/b...

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