Socio-legal academic at Cardiff University. Currently researching problems of empowerment in mental capacity law.
Jun 6, 2019 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
I think it's fair to say that Lord Sumption and I occupy pretty distinct places on the economic and political spectrum. I for one wouldn't describe an academic's salary as being equivalent to being broke (unless you're hourly paid, in which case fair enough), however...
His fascinating Reith Lecture on 'Law's Expanding Empire' did resonate for me with a pattern we are seeing under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Mar 21, 2019 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
I went to the @britishlibrary yesterday to look at some market reports on mental health and social care, to gather data for a book I'm writing. I can't stop thinking about them.
It was like listening at the keyhole to a conversation you weren't supposed to hear. The reports are (I assume) aimed at investors. If I were an investor I would definitely want a copy, they are extraordinarily detailed descriptions of the care 'market'.
