Mental Capacity Law, Sexual Relationships, and Intimacy

This edited collection brings together a range of academics, practitioners and organisations to consider the implications of recent case law around consent in sexual relationships on the day-to-day lives of people with cognitive impairments.

Questions as to the mental capacity of an individual to consent to sex are an increasingly important aspect of legal scholarship and professional practice for those working in care. Recent case law has added new layers of complexity, requiring that a person must be able to understand that the other person needs to consent and can withdraw that consent. While this has been welcomed for asserting the importance of the interpersonal dynamics of sex, it has significant implications for practice and for the day-to-day lives of people with cognitive impairments.

This collection brings together academics, practitioners and organizations to consider the challenges posed by the current legal framework, and future directions for law, policy and practice.

Contributor: Ralph Sandland (Contributions by), Alex Ruck Keene (Contributions by), Allegra Enefer (Contributions by), Alan Cusack (Contributions by), Jaime Lindsey (Contributions by), Karen Brennan (Contributions by), Claire Bates (Contributions by), Hannah Morgan (Contributions by), Becky Squires (Contributions by), Andrea Hollomotz (Contributions by), Oluwatoyin Sorinmade (Contributions by), Carmelle Peisah (Contributions by), Neil Allen (Contributions by), Lorraine Currie (Contributions by), Beverley Clough (Edited by), Laura Pritchard-Jones (Edited by)

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