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'Palm Tree Justice': The Inherent Jurisdiction in Adult Welfare Cases (2023)
Journal Article
Pritchard-Jones, L. (in press). 'Palm Tree Justice': The Inherent Jurisdiction in Adult Welfare Cases. Modern Law Review, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12813

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 came into force in 2007 and now provides the legal framework governing what practitioners can do, and when, where it is believed someone’s capacity to make decisions is compromised because of a disturbance in the function... Read More about 'Palm Tree Justice': The Inherent Jurisdiction in Adult Welfare Cases.

A LOCAL AUTHORITY V JB [2020] EWCA Civ 735 and A LOCAL AUTHORITY V AW [2020] EWCOP 24: RETHINKING SEXUAL CAPACITY? (2020)
Journal Article
Pritchard-Jones. (2020). A LOCAL AUTHORITY V JB [2020] EWCA Civ 735 and A LOCAL AUTHORITY V AW [2020] EWCOP 24: RETHINKING SEXUAL CAPACITY?. Medical Law Review, 143-156. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwaa028

In A Local Authority v JB and A Local Authority v AW the Court of Appeal and Court of Protection respectively had to consider questions regarding decision making about sexual relationships. This case commentary suggests that both decisions are to be... Read More about A LOCAL AUTHORITY V JB [2020] EWCA Civ 735 and A LOCAL AUTHORITY V AW [2020] EWCOP 24: RETHINKING SEXUAL CAPACITY?.

Unspoken and unthinkable: The older disabled body in judicial discourse (2019)
Journal Article
Pritchard-Jones. (2019). Unspoken and unthinkable: The older disabled body in judicial discourse. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 101525 - 101525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2019.101525

While much has been said about gendered bodies in legal discourse, as yet relatively little has been written about older bodies. This is surprising given the fact older people are statistically far more likely to be the subjects of certain areas of l... Read More about Unspoken and unthinkable: The older disabled body in judicial discourse.

‘Adults at Risk’: ‘Vulnerability’ by Any Other Name? (2018)
Journal Article
Pritchard-Jones. (2018). ‘Adults at Risk’: ‘Vulnerability’ by Any Other Name?. Journal of Adult Protection, 47-58. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAP-07-2017-0029

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore and critique the conceptual and terminological shift – particularly from ‘vulnerability’ to ‘adult at risk’ - in adult safeguarding under the Care Act 2014 and the Social Services and Well-being (Wales... Read More about ‘Adults at Risk’: ‘Vulnerability’ by Any Other Name?.

"This Man with Dementia" - 'Othering' the Person with Dementia in the Court of Protection (2016)
Journal Article
Pritchard-Jones. (2016). "This Man with Dementia" - 'Othering' the Person with Dementia in the Court of Protection. Medical Law Review, 518-543. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fww022

In recent years, dementia has been subjected to an increasing ethical, legal, and political gaze. This article analyses how the Court of Protection considers the perspective of the person with dementia when making best interests decisions on their be... Read More about "This Man with Dementia" - 'Othering' the Person with Dementia in the Court of Protection.

The good, the bad, and the 'vulnerable older adult' (2016)
Journal Article
Pritchard-Jones. (2016). The good, the bad, and the 'vulnerable older adult'. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 51-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2016.1145838

Recent declarations by the Court of Appeal indicate that the inherent jurisdiction has survived the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 for adults considered ‘vulnerable’ and whose decision-making is threatened by reasons other than mental... Read More about The good, the bad, and the 'vulnerable older adult'.

Ageism and Autonomy in Health Care: Explorations through a relational lens (2014)
Journal Article
Pritchard-Jones. (2014). Ageism and Autonomy in Health Care: Explorations through a relational lens. Health Care Analysis, 72-89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-014-0288-1

Ageism within the context of care has attracted increasing attention in recent years. Similarly, autonomy has developed into a prominent concept within health care law and ethics. This paper explores the way that ageism, understood as a set of negati... Read More about Ageism and Autonomy in Health Care: Explorations through a relational lens.