A new video designed to support legal practitioners in helping to support and communicate with people participating in Court of Protection proceedings under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Part of the Judging Values and Participation Project project. Feedback so far has been hugely positive.

Come join us at our project finale and hear about our research outputs and practice development work! The 'Judging Values and Participation in Mental Capacity Law Conference' on 20th June at the British Academy, London. More info & registration link: bbk.ac.uk/events/remote_…

Come hear empirical insights from the Judging Values and Participation Project project. How do solicitors, barristers and retired judges understand & enact their roles and responsibilities in mental capacity cases in the court? Open to all 22/03/22; 4.30pm SGT (8.30am UK) Register: nus.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3e…

We are pleased to announce that our main empirical paper is now published, open access. We show how, from the legal practitioner perspective, courtroom practice & judicial adjudication in English mental capacity law is fundamentally ‘human’ in character cambridge.org/core/journals/…

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Judging Values and Participation Project Judging Values and Participation Project are very pleased to announce the follow-on video “Making Values Matter in the Court of Protection” Thank you to those who made it possible at - VoiceAbility DragonLight Films ICPR University of Bristol NUS and 39 Essex Chambers youtu.be/IfSmzITspzs

The Judging Values and Participation in Mental Capacity Law Project held its concluding Conference at the British Academy on Monday. It rightly questioned what values judges bring to decision making and how they ensure the meaningful participation of the Patient.

At the Conference these issues were presented with great clarity by Dr Camillia Kong and the challenges were perceptively explored by Sir Mark Hedley: very impressive work by all the research team.

And ANNOUNCING our follow-on CPD video - 30 minutes of thought provoking discussion and demonstration "Making Values Matter in the Court of Protection" youtube.com/watch?v=IfSmzI…

We are pleased to announce that our empirical paper that sets out how legal professionals understand and justify the effective participation of P in the CoP is now published in Journal of Law and Society. It is available open access here: doi.org/10.1111/jols.1…

Do check out our 'shedinar' with Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) where we discuss the genesis, findings and headline points of the Judging Values project! mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/judging-values…

You know you’ve finally made it in mental capacity law when Alex Ruck Keene Mental Capacity Law invites you into the hallowed walls of his shed! Here, Daisy Cheung and I discuss our new book on advance directives across Asia. Available now open access. mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/advance-direct…

We are pleased to announce that another project paper by Camillia Kong is published, open access, which discusses what a P-centric ethos entails from the perspective of ethics and phenomenology. You can access it here: rdcu.be/c7gZ8

Delighted to announce that our edited volume, Capacity, Participation and Values in Comparative Legal Perspective, is now published by BUP. Thanks to our valued contributors who provide insight on mental capacity law in different legal jurisdictions!