... Legislation United Kingdom In 1997, The House of Lords ruled that a man who had been informally admitted to a psychiatric hospital without the capacity to consent to this admission had not been unlawfully detained under the common law. A later European Court of Human Rights ruling, however, found...

...Sarah H Bernard; Lisa Rippon Purpose In this article, the aim is to focus on the legislation in place within England and Wales pertaining to the care and treatment of children and young people, but intends to give a brief outline of the equivalent law in Scotland. It seeks to describe how the age...

... and legislation, the paper highlights not only the differences but also the shared concerns for people with intellectual disability living in the two countries, e.g. equal access to healthcare as experienced by the general population. Findings In spite of shared visions of inclusion and equality in mental...