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A lesbian feminist barrister dedicated to liberating women & girls from the patriarchy. Fed up with irrational argument. Keen on respect. Freedom matters. 🦔
Oct 8, 2020 5 tweets 2 min read
Have you been wondering what the difference between Gillick competence + Fraser guidelines is?

Gillick: child’s capacity to consent. Fraser: guidelines to decide if a child can consent to contraceptive or sexual health advice/treatment.

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More reading below Here is a useful and up-to-date primer on Gillick and Fraser from the CQC: cqc.org.uk/guidance-provi…
Jul 22, 2020 39 tweets 11 min read
Gearing up to watch @publiclawprojct talk on Gender Recognition cases as part of PLP's (fab) week-long Equality Act bumper special. Headed up by barristers Sarah Hannett (Matrix) and Claire McCann (Cloisters).
I will try to live tweet along with hashtag #GenderRecEA10YearsOn Overview of the domestic law framework first - that is the GRA 2004, EA 2010, HRA 1998 (art 8 and 14). "Worth emphasising that the take-up of GRCs is pretty modest" says SH. #GenderRecEA10YearsOn