Outputs (2)

Abuse, Neglect, and Adult Safeguarding in the Context of Mental Health and Disability (2023)
Book Chapter
Pritchard-Jones, L. (2023). Abuse, Neglect, and Adult Safeguarding in the Context of Mental Health and Disability. In Routledge Handbook of Mental Health Law. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003226413-14

Unlike child protection, adult safeguarding has only recently developed as an area of law and practice in its own right. This is undoubtedly, at least in part, due to the emergence of national scandals involving horrendous abuse and neglect of adults... Read More about Abuse, Neglect, and Adult Safeguarding in the Context of Mental Health and Disability.

'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.