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Sir James Munby The sense of shock amongst lawyers and others concerned with the rights of children and those with impaired decision-making capacity at the announcement of the sudden death on New Year's Day of Sir James Munby is palpable. I share it. I was, the morning I learned of it, writing a book chapter directly inspired by a lecture that he gave, and could hear him with particular vividness (it was an unusual ability to be able to both boom and twinkle at the same time, something he had a particular habit of doing when catching my eye and telling me that I was flat wrong about something about which we both had strongly held but different views). https://www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/sir-james-munby/