The Mental Capacity Act 2005 Ten Years On : Building and sharing interdisciplinary knowledge between law, ethics and practice in the context of mental health regulation. (360G-Wellcome-107461_Z_15_Z)

The Health Law & Regulation Unit at The University of Liverpool, would like to host an interdisciplinary conference in Liverpool to mark the ten year anniversary of The Mental Capacity Act 2005 a visionary piece of legislation for its time, which marked a turning point in the statutory rights of people who may lack capacity. As such, it is both an apt and opportune time to revisit the statute, reflecting upon its provisions and exploring how it has been operating in practice. The conference will allow for the building and sharing of interdisciplinary knowledge between law, ethics and practice in the domain of mental health regulation. It will create research collaborations that develop understanding of interactions between mental health and endeavours to regulate, govern and assist those in society who may lack capacity. The conference has the confirmed participation of academics, mental health practitioners, policy-makers and the judiciary. It is hoped it will facilitate dial ogue, knowledge exchange and the possibility of future research collaborations. Research from the conference will be disseminated; a Special Issue of The Medical Law Review has been secured. Papers from the conference will be published in 2016, in Volume 3 of the journal.