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Carers and the Mental Capacity Act 2005: Angels Permitted, Devils Prosecuted? (2014)
Journal Article
Brammer. (2014). Carers and the Mental Capacity Act 2005: Angels Permitted, Devils Prosecuted?

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 introduced a new criminal offence of ill-treatment or wilful neglect of a person lacking capacity. The Court of Appeal has clarified the terms of the offence in the case of Dunn1, and more recently in Nursing2 and Patel.3... Read More about Carers and the Mental Capacity Act 2005: Angels Permitted, Devils Prosecuted?.

What's worth got to do with it? Language and the Socio-Legal advancement of disability rights and equality (2014)
Journal Article
Pearson, A. (2014). What's worth got to do with it? Language and the Socio-Legal advancement of disability rights and equality

This article considers the appositeness of maintaining the defences of 'reasonable adjustment' and 'undue burden' in legislation relating to the rights of persons with disabilities, and what the maintenance of these concepts with legislative parlance... Read More about What's worth got to do with it? Language and the Socio-Legal advancement of disability rights and equality.