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Law, ethics, health and social care, mental capacity, photos of Devon
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Nuffield Foundation
7 days ago
How might philosophical thinking shape research, policy, and public debate? “The point is to change it”: Essays on Philosophy in Public Life, explores this question by bringing together perspectives from 21 leading philosophers across the UK, US, and Europe. 🧵 Read essays:
bit.ly/philosophyesays
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Stephen Unwin
21 days ago
Sara Ryan's brilliant new book.
www.stephenunwin.uk/thoughts-and...
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Critical Health and Learning Disabilities by Sara Ryan — Stephen Unwin
Sara Ryan’s new book, Critical Health and Learning Disabilities , came with some serious trigger warnings. This, I was told, presented an entirely negative vision of the lives of people with learning...
http://www.stephenunwin.uk/thoughts-and-provocations/2025/10/19/critical-health-and-learning-disabilities-by-sara-ryan
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Legal Action Group
about 1 month ago
📢 Panel Highlight: Update on Community Care Cases From the Last 12 Months Sian Davies & Sam Fowles of
@39essexchambers.bsky.social
will unpack the most impactful recent community care cases, providing attendees with a comprehensive update. Book your place today:
tinyurl.com/6sc8z4dv
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Charlie Radclyffe
about 1 month ago
Well worth a watch. Thank you for sharing.
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Legal Action Group
about 1 month ago
We're delighted to partner with
@publiclawproject.bsky.social
&
@39essexchambers.bsky.social
on this training based on our book 'Making Lawful Decisions' by
@stevebroach.bsky.social
and
@torbc.bsky.social
. Book now to secure your place & receive a discount on the book:
shorturl.pulse.ly/mltceu8krj
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Elizabeth Warren
about 2 months ago
Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach. To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat. And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.
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Jonathan Portes
about 2 months ago
Any journalist quoting this absurd, invented £234 billion number cited by Farage/Reform should make absolutely clear that it has been withdrawn by *its own authors* (the Centre for Policy Studies) after they admitted it contained several major errors (1/3)
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The Transparency Project
about 2 months ago
interesting to see The Guardian describe the justice system as 'transparent' although not sure how much Lady Hale would agree. New book on her observations of a range of courts
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/sep...
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Baroness Hale on her stupendous, eye-opening life in the law: ‘People are capable of treating tiny children very, very badly’
She was the first female president of the supreme court, causing a ruckus when she ruled against Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament. Now she has written an insider’s take on the UK’s underfunded...
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/sep/18/lady-brenda-hale-supreme-court?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Mithran Samuel
about 2 months ago
Big changes proposed today for social care for disabled children by Law Commission: a duty to meet need, with national eligibility criteria, rights to advocacy for children and parents/carers, rights for children to take/participate in decisions
#socialcare
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/09/16/n...
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Disabled children: national eligibility criteria needed to end 'postcode lottery', finds law review - Community Care
Law Commission issues recommendations to simplify 'unnecessarily complex' legal framework for disabled children
https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/09/16/national-eligibility-criteria-needed-to-end-postcode-lottery-for-disabled-children-finds-review-of-law/
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Jo Wolff
2 months ago
Well … philosopher Hilary Putnam told me that when IQ tests were piloted women did better than men. When the results were analysed women did better on some types of question, men on others. So the mix was readjusted so that men and women came out equal, on average.
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Signs of autumn 🍂
2 months ago
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Emma Vardy
2 months ago
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Adults with learning disabilities die 20 years early, says report
People with learning disabilities and autism die almost 20 years younger than the rest of the population.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c939311dpn1o
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HOPE not hate
3 months ago
To be clear: there is nothing wrong with flying the Union Jack or St George’s cross. But when convicted criminals, Britain First and Tommy Robinson’s allies are the organisers, we should all question what this wave of activism is really about.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...
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‘Operation Raise the Colours’ Organised by Well-Known Far-Right Extremists – HOPE not hate
Union Jacks and the crosses of St George have begun to appear on lampposts up and down the UK in recent days. Much of the...
https://hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/operation-raise-the-colours-organised-by-well-known-far-right-extremists/
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Spotlight on Corruption
3 months ago
🔍 We're excited to announce that we're launching a new one-year legal fellowship for aspiring barristers and solicitors looking to do high-impact work as a stepping stone to a legal career. See details below 👇. Deadline: 14 Sept.
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Spotlight is recruiting! We are looking for a Legal Fellow - Spotlight on Corruption
We have an exciting opportunity for an emerging lawyer with exceptional writing and communication skills and a passion for fighting corruption and injustice,
https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/recruiting-legal-fellow/
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Institute for Public Policy Research
3 months ago
🎰 The UK’s gambling industry is booming but pays less tax than you might think. Our new research shows that fairer gambling taxes could raise enough to scrap the two-child limit and benefit cap, lifting 500,000 children out of poverty. Find out more:
www.ippr.org/articles/reforming-gambling-taxation
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The Hastings Center for Bioethics
3 months ago
🚫 Turned Away for Being Unmarried? Imagine: you're newly pregnant, seeking prenatal care, & during your appt, you're asked if you're married. You say no, then are told to find another provider. 💔 🔎 NEW HC Bioethics Forum essay:
bit.ly/4oeVbSQ
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Eleanor Doughty
3 months ago
Love old papers. Fancy having such a list today!
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Open Justice Court of Protection Project
3 months ago
New blog post by
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/07/29/a...
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A day in the life of a court observer: The high cost of open justice
By Celia Kitzinger, 29th July 2025 The aim of this blog is to promote a more realistic understanding, both for would-be observers and for court staff, lawyers and judges, of what it takes to observ…
https://openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/07/29/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-court-observer-the-high-cost-of-open-justice/
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Shaun Lintern
4 months ago
Black women are subjected to racist treatment on NHS maternity wards,
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
says as a new report by Fivexmore tomorrow details the experiences of hundreds of women. The Sunday Times has the preview:
www.thetimes.com/article/b8d4...
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Black women ‘denied pain relief’ on NHS maternity wards
Wes Streeting says there is a racism problem in the health service, where a quarter of black women say they’ve experienced discrimination
https://www.thetimes.com/article/b8d4908a-01dc-4736-819b-b588ea0b9d0a?shareToken=81491c1b1dc7c61f32c82810016e284e
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Brian D. Earp, PhD
4 months ago
New work 🚨 led by Sebastian Porsdam Mann, with @juliansavulescu and me: "When to Create Embryos or Organoids for Research"
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/393393453_When_to_Create_Embryos_or_Organoids_for_Research
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John Baker
5 months ago
We are looking for NHS mental health trusts to be part of this – please contact me directly. More information can be found here:
drjohnabaker.co.uk/staffedwards/
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#StaffedWards
Establishing the relationship between staff and ward characteristics and patient safety incidents on adult mental health wards. BACKGROUND Around one in ten acute mental health hospital admissions …
https://drjohnabaker.co.uk/staffedwards/
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Don't think Access Social Care are on here...but they are looking for people who use adult social care services to test their new audit service for free - is the support you are getting in line with your legal entitlement?
www.accesscharity.org.uk/news-blog/ca...
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Don't think Access Social Care are on here...but they are looking for people who use adult social care services to test their new audit service for free - is the support you are getting in line with your legal entitlement?
www.accesscharity.org.uk/news-blog/ca...
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Hannah White
5 months ago
New report from
@instituteforgovernment.org.uk
out today - social care is having to be rationed by local authorities in areas of high demand
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Nearly 100,000 adults in England denied state-funded social care due to cuts
Exclusive: Number of people receiving subsidised care has fallen far more quickly than the country’s disability rate, analysis finds
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/25/adults-england-denied-state-social-care-due-to-cuts?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq.
5 months ago
I need all of
#lawsky
to see this video from a Colorado appeals court livestream yesterday. I am in actual tears. Sound *incredibly* on, the subtitles will not help.
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Liz Herrieven
5 months ago
Really important report looking at the health inequalities and deaths faced by children with a learning disability and autistic children
#LearningDisabilityWeek
#MedSky
#NurseSky
www.ncmd.info/publications...
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Deaths in children with learning disabilities and autistic children
This report draws on the NCMD's unique data to investigate deaths among children with learning disabilities and autistic children.
https://www.ncmd.info/publications/child-death-learning-disability-autism/
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Celia Kitzinger
5 months ago
Ever wondered what Special Visitors (and General Visitors) do in the Court of Protection. Join our small friendly meeting with a real-life Special Visitor (Marion Gray) who will explain everything and answer questions. Monday 16th June 2025. Email for the link:
[email protected]
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Alex Ruck Keene
5 months ago
Advance decisions to refuse treatment – what (not) to do when it appears one may be in play:
www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/advance-deci...
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Advance decisions to refuse treatment – what (not) to do when it appears one may be in play
Re AB (ADRT: Validity and Applicability) [2025] EWCOP 20 (T3) is a (rare) example of a court having to grapple with advance decisions to refuse medical treatment. It is rare largely because ADRTs …
https://www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/advance-decisions-to-refuse-treatment-what-not-to-do-when-it-appears-one-may-be-in-play/
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Are there groups offering presentations or courses to secondary school students to counter immigration myths?
5 months ago
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Shaun Lintern
5 months ago
Dementia patients are being left alone, distressed and wandering in under-staffed care homes, the @CareQualityComm has warned. In The Sunday Times print edition. The CQC report is here:
www.cqc.org.uk/publications...
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Sometimes social media does good things - new guidance out today:
www.linkedin.com/posts/claire...
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Get me to hospital - SCIE | Claire Webster
📢It's here - Get Me To Hospital A guide for people, families and practitioners when supporting someone to go to hospital who is deemed as unable to make the decision and is refusing. Co-produce...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/claire-webster-880675166_get-me-to-hospital-scie-activity-7333890527966228482--01n?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAAABadLoBz-LOpqgI486TEc4zVtsjjsy5drc
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Liz Herrieven
6 months ago
**NEW** guidance for HCPs to use when implementing the
#MentalCapacityAct
for adults with a
#LearningDisability
. Inc template documentation, guide to reasonable adjustments and useful flow chart
#FOAMed
#MedSky
#NurseSky
www.england.nhs.uk/publication/...
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NHS England » Guidance to support implementation of the Mental Capacity Act in acute trusts for adults with a learning disability
NHS England » Guidance to support implementation of the Mental Capacity Act in acute trusts for adults with a learning disability
https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/guidance-to-support-implementation-of-the-mental-capacity-act-in-acute-trusts-for-adults-with-a-learning-disability/
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Literally dusting off some of my old books in an attempt to persuade my year 12 offspring that it is worth reading things that aren't on the internet for an philosophy essay....wish me luck!
6 months ago
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Cat Neilan
6 months ago
A pro-Brexit group that bankrolled the Chagos legal challenge is planning a series of others to "tie [the govt] up in knots for the next few years". For this week's Observer, I take a look at the people behind the Great British PAC 👇
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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How rightwing activists tried to thwart Chagos deal | The Observer
Backers of legal challenge to derail Starmer agreement on Diego Garcia threaten to cause more disruption
https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/how-rightwing-activists-tried-to-thwart-chagos-deal
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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience
6 months ago
Congratulations to Professor Gareth Owen! His new book, ‘Psychiatry and Human Nature: Classic and Romantic Perspectives’ has just been released in Cambridge University Press.
www.cambridge.org/us/universit...
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Open Justice Court of Protection Project
6 months ago
Public lecture by Nicklin J on Open Justice - Wednesday 4th June 2025 All welcome - registration required.
www.gtc.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/event/open-justice-fit-for-purpose/
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JUSTICE
6 months ago
📣 JUSTICE is looking for its next two Legal Fellows, generously funded by @Linklaters LLP! Fellows assist our legal team on key projects -researching legal reform, reviewing draft legislation, and supporting third-party interventions. Learn more here:
bit.ly/3GYpMTB
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JUSTICE Legal Fellow, supported by Linklaters LLP - JUSTICE
JUSTICE invites applications for two six-month UK legal fellowships. These are paid positions, funded by Linklaters LLP. The successful applicants will work closely with our legal staff: conducting l...
https://bit.ly/3GYpMTB
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The Secret Barrister
6 months ago
In response to some recent idiocy: NEW BLOGPOST: No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/05/18/n...
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No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers
A quick one today, addressing a misnomer which began life as a conspiracy theory on Twitter, and this week found itself put forward as a news item by Kevin O’Sullivan and Isabel Oakeshott on “TalkT…
https://thesecretbarrister.com/2025/05/18/no-the-inns-of-court-are-not-biased-against-white-barristers/
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Phoebe Davis
6 months ago
NEW: UK police guidance suggests officers search homes for abortion drugs and check phones for menstrual tracking apps after unexpected pregnancy loss
@theobserveruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss | The Observer
New national guidance suggests officers look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/police-could-search-homes-and-seize-phones-after-sudden-pregnancy-loss
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Lucy Series
6 months ago
Supported decision-making is back! Thanks to recent proposals by the Law Commission
thesmallplaces.wordpress.com/2025/05/16/s...
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Supported decision-making is back on the table! Thanks (again) to the Law Commission
Supported decision-making has a long and proud history in the UK. You could probably take this history back further, but in around the 1970s a small organisation called the ‘Campaign for Ment…
https://thesmallplaces.wordpress.com/2025/05/16/supported-decision-making-is-back-on-the-table-thanks-again-to-the-law-commission/
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Celia Kitzinger
6 months ago
The Trust now wishes to apologise for their mismanagement of this case. I’m not sure to whom this apology was directed. I think it was made to the judge. I hope P’s partner and family also receive a full and frank (written) apology
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/05/14/v...
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Validity and applicability of an Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment: A pre-trial review
By Celia Kitzinger, 14th May 2025 The man at the centre of this case (COP 20006397, before Poole J) is in his 40s. On 5th May 2024, he suffered a cardiac arrest resulting in a severe hypoxic …
https://openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/05/14/validity-and-applicability-of-an-advance-decision-to-refuse-treatment-a-pre-trial-review/
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Alex Ruck Keene
6 months ago
To sign up to the report, see here:
www.39essex.com/information-...
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Mental Capacity Resource Centre
We are a leading set of barristers` chambers based in London, Manchester, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. We offer a depth of expertise in a variety of specialist legal sectors and practice areas.
https://www.39essex.com/information-hub/mental-capacity-resource-centre
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Simon Bottery
6 months ago
The issue here is not so much the principle as the timing. It’s right we should end reliance on overseas
#socialcare
workers and improving pay, which the govt plans to do, should help achieve that. But that potential pay increase is a long way off…
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Labour axing care worker visa will put services at risk, say unions and care leaders
White paper proposes banning new recruitment from abroad despite care sector relying heavily on foreign workers
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/may/11/labour-axing-care-worker-visa-will-put-services-at-risk-say-unions-and-care-leaders
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Alex Ruck Keene
6 months ago
Book Review: Rob George: Wards of Court and the Inherent Jurisdiction:
www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/book-review-...
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Book Review: Rob George: Wards of Court and the Inherent Jurisdiction
Book Review: Rob George, Wards of Court and the Inherent Jurisdiction (Hart, 2024, 293 pp, hardback, £90, ebook £free) I have spent quite a bit of time with the wet towel around my head recently wo…
https://www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/book-review-rob-george-wards-of-court-and-the-inherent-jurisdiction/
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Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB)
6 months ago
We are pleased to announce that Professor Sarah Devaney has been appointed as Chair of the working group for our project reviewing the 14-day rule for human
#embryo
#research
. Find out more about the project and working group members here: ➡️🔗
bit.ly/14-day-rule-...
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Open Justice Court of Protection Project
6 months ago
New blog post by
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Determining the legal status of a "Living Will"
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/05/05/d...
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Determining the legal status of a ‘Living Will’: Personal reflections on a case before Poole J
By Celia Kitzinger, 5th May 2025 This case (COP 20006397), heard by Mr Justice Poole sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice, centres around the authenticity, validity and applicability of a so-call…
https://openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/05/05/determining-the-legal-status-of-a-living-will-personal-reflections-on-a-case-before-poole-j/
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Judith Townend
6 months ago
Please share! Public lecture - Mr Justice Nicklin - Open Justice: Fit for Purpose - Wednesday 4 June 2025 17:00 to 19:00 Location: Green Templeton College, University of Oxford Speaker: The Honourable Mr Justice Nicklin Register here:
www.gtc.ox.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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Open Justice: Fit for Purpose - Green Templeton College
Details Date: June 4 Time: 05:00 pm - 07:00 pm Event Category: Lectures and Seminars
https://www.gtc.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/event/open-justice-fit-for-purpose/
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Camille Oung
6 months ago
The terms of reference for the Casey Review have been launched today, with a focus on building consensus over tangible recommendations to improve adult social care over the next ten years. A few takes from me and
@cglobont.bsky.social
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@natashacurry.bsky.social
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www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Independent commission into adult social care: terms of reference
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-commission-into-adult-social-care-terms-of-reference/independent-commission-into-adult-social-care-terms-of-reference#phase-1-medium-term
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This advice also applies to position statements and skeleton arguments
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