“…According to Julie Hinnigan, the failings in social services were in part due to lack of knowledge and support for autistic adults – especially those, like Joseph, who don’t also have a learning disability. ..”
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Navigating Approaches to Care when Family and Local Authority Disagree
By Hilary Paxton, 31st July, 2020 On 29 June I started a job as a 2-day per week trainee Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) and Relevant Person’s Representative (RPR) for an advocacy provider in Yorkshire. I am currently doing my induction and lots of training. I have never worked with the Court of Protection andContinue reading “Navigating Approaches to Care when Family and Local Authority Disagree”
Protection versus Autonomy and Pragmatism versus Principle: A Balancing Act in the Court of Protection
“This is an account of a Court of Protection hearing before Mr Justice Hayden in the case of Re ‘D’ on Friday 19th June 2020. In it I aim to provide an insight into the hearing itself, and — as someone with a keen interest in the law but no legal qualifications — what it was like to observe…”
Making Transparency a Reality in the Court of Protection: A Rallying Call for Autistic Pride Day 2020
By Gill Loomes-Quinn – 18th June, 2020 Today is Autistic Pride Day. It is the fifteenth time June 18th has marked the celebration since it was inaugurated by the campaign and solidarity group Aspies for Freedom in 2005, and subsequently taken up and developed both on- and offline by the autistic rights movement globally. AsContinue reading “Making Transparency a Reality in the Court of Protection: A Rallying Call for Autistic Pride Day 2020”
Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection 