As (for some at least) a summer break is starting to come to an end, I have recorded a version of a talk that I gave to the Essex Autonomy Project’s 2023 Summer School, taking stock of the mental capacity and mental health law and policy landscape as at August 2023. Its primary focus is on England & Wales, but it also includes developments in the UK and further afield, including thinking about the implications of the French language version of Article 19 CRPD providing not for ‘living independently’, but ‘autonomie de vie’ (Warning, it is longer than a usual shedinar!).

The original video can be found here.

The slides accompanying the talk can be found here.