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Children and their capacity in Scots Law: medical decision-making (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macfarlane, L. (2015, March). Children and their capacity in Scots Law: medical decision-making. Paper presented at Centre for Mental Health and Incapacity Law, Rights and Policy Conference

No abstract available.

Serving best interests in Known Biological Father disputes (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macfarlane, L. (2015, July). Serving best interests in Known Biological Father disputes. Paper presented at Convention on the Rights of the Child Implementation Project Colloquium

Article 3 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child provides that in ‘all actions concerning children’ the ‘best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration’. Increasing diversity in family life raises increasingly diverse issues in... Read More about Serving best interests in Known Biological Father disputes.

Issues of Rights and Capacity: child and adolescent medical decisions (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macfarlane, L. (2015, November). Issues of Rights and Capacity: child and adolescent medical decisions. Paper presented at Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland, Child and Adolescent Faculty Conference

No abstract available.

Qualitative exploration of the barriers to, and facilitators of, screening children for autism spectrum disorder in Oman (2018)
Journal Article
Al Maskari, T., Melville, C., Al Farsi, Y., Wahid, R., & Willis, D. (2020). Qualitative exploration of the barriers to, and facilitators of, screening children for autism spectrum disorder in Oman. Early Child Development and Care, 190(11), 1762-1777. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2018.1550084

Few studies explored the challenges associated with screening of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Arab and Middle Eastern countries. This study aims to explore the facilitators of and barriers to screening for ASD in Oman. The study reported the ini... Read More about Qualitative exploration of the barriers to, and facilitators of, screening children for autism spectrum disorder in Oman.

Project briefing paper: Support for the Exercise of Legal Capacity
Report
Stavert, J., & McGregor, R. Project briefing paper: Support for the Exercise of Legal Capacity. Essex Autonomy Project

This briefing paper was produced for the Three Jurisdictions Project Roundtable Meeting held on 2 February 2016. It considers support for the exercise of legal capacity. Available at: https://autonomy.essex.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ThreeJu... Read More about Project briefing paper: Support for the Exercise of Legal Capacity.

Mental Health Act review in Scotland: some initial observations (2019)
Report
Stavert, J. (2019). Mental Health Act review in Scotland: some initial observations. Essex Chambers

Provides some initial observations on and recommendations for the scope of the forthcoming review of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment)(Scotland) Act 2003, with particular emphasis on what this will require in ECHR and CRPD terms.

Scottish Government Consultation Response: Incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots Law (2019)
Other
Barnes Macfarlane, L. (2019). Scottish Government Consultation Response: Incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots Law

Response to the Scottish Government Consultation: Incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots Law. Response 308224602 by Dr Lesley-Anne Barnes Macfarlane, Edinburgh Napier University (Child and Family Law and Policy Team)... Read More about Scottish Government Consultation Response: Incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots Law.

Scottish Government Consultation Response: Review of Part I of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and Creation of a Family Justice Modernisation Strategy (2018)
Other
Barnes Macfarlane, L. (2018). Scottish Government Consultation Response: Review of Part I of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and Creation of a Family Justice Modernisation Strategy

Response to the Scottish Government Consultation: Review of Part I of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and Creation of a Family Justice Modernisation Strategy. Response 687675062 by Dr Lesley-Anne Barnes Macfarlane, Edinburgh Napier University (Ch... Read More about Scottish Government Consultation Response: Review of Part I of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and Creation of a Family Justice Modernisation Strategy.

Twenty Years of the Scottish Parliament in Child and Family Law (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Barnes Macfarlane, L. (2019, October). Twenty Years of the Scottish Parliament in Child and Family Law. Presented at Twenty Years of the Scottish Parliament in Child and Family Law, Edinburgh

Three funded workshops celebrating the work of the Scottish Parliament in the field of Child and Family Law. I co-organised and co-chaired each of the three day-long workshops.

Dementia in the workplace: are employers supporting employees living with dementia? (2019)
Journal Article
Egdell, V., Cook, M., Stavert, J., Ritchie, L., Tolson, D., & Danson, M. (2021). Dementia in the workplace: are employers supporting employees living with dementia?. Aging & mental health, 25(1), 134-141. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2019.1667299

Objectives As working lives extend and there is better recognition of early-onset dementias, employers need to consider dementia as a workplace concern. With suitable support, people living with dementia can continue employment – although this is no... Read More about Dementia in the workplace: are employers supporting employees living with dementia?.

Balancing the rights of parents and children: The Children (Scotland) Bill 2019 (2019)
Report
Barnes Macfarlane, L. (2019). Balancing the rights of parents and children: The Children (Scotland) Bill 2019. https://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/112969.aspx: Scottish Parliament Justice Committee

The Scottish Government is in the process of updating the Family Justice system. This includes the legislation regulating how family court law cases (i.e. disputes about children between family members)progress through the courts. In family law c... Read More about Balancing the rights of parents and children: The Children (Scotland) Bill 2019.

The Bloody Big Project - Tackling Period Poverty with Design (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cochrane, R. (2020, March). The Bloody Big Project - Tackling Period Poverty with Design. Presented at Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Conference 2020, Edinburgh

The Bloody Big Project used Design Thinking to tackle Period Poverty. In collaboration with Industry Partners, Hey Girls and Wire Media, Edinburgh Napier University created a range of work based learning opportunities for students to respond to the S... Read More about The Bloody Big Project - Tackling Period Poverty with Design.

Scottish mental health and capacity law: The normal, pandemic and ‘new normal’ (2020)
Journal Article
Stavert, J., & McKay, C. (2020). Scottish mental health and capacity law: The normal, pandemic and ‘new normal’. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 71, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2020.101593

A state’s real commitment to its international human rights obligations is never more challenged than when it faces emergency situations. Addressing actual and potential resourcing pressures arising from the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in, amongst... Read More about Scottish mental health and capacity law: The normal, pandemic and ‘new normal’.

The Legal Challenges of Social Media (2017)
Book
Mangan, D., & Gillies, L. E. (Eds.). (2017). The Legal Challenges of Social Media. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785364518.00027

Social media enables instant access to individual self-expression and the sharing of information. Social media issues are boundless, permeating distinct legal disciplines. The law has struggled to adapt and for good reason: how does the law regulate... Read More about The Legal Challenges of Social Media.

Getting the balance right: human rights in residual jurisdiction rules of English courts for cross-border torts via social media (2017)
Book Chapter
Gillies, L. E. (2017). Getting the balance right: human rights in residual jurisdiction rules of English courts for cross-border torts via social media. In D. Mangan, & L. E. Gillies (Eds.), The Legal Challenges of Social Media (249-269). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785364518.00027

This chapter elects as its focus the need to balance human rights in English residual jurisdiction rules for cross-border torts via social media. Private international law applies a pluralist, pragmatic approach in supporting both the rights and inte... Read More about Getting the balance right: human rights in residual jurisdiction rules of English courts for cross-border torts via social media.