Professor Judy Laing
LL.B., PhD(Leeds)
Expertise
Judy is a Professor of Mental Health Law and Policy. During 2020-2022 she undertook a Parliamentary Academic Fellowship in the House of Commons Library. She was founding Co-Director of the CHLS and sat on the EBI steering group.
Current positions
Professor of Mental Health Law, Rights and Policy
University of Bristol Law School
Contact
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Research interests
Mental health law, policy and human rights
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Balancing Best Interests in Health Care, Ethics and Law (BABEL)
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
The project explores healthcare decisions that are made in the “best interests” of patients who are unable to make decisions for themselves because they lack (what the law calls) mental…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/09/2018 to 31/08/2023
Expert meeting on the conclusions relating to UK psychiatric institutions by the European Committee on the Prevention of Torture (CPT)
Principal Investigator
Description
Dr Judy Laing participated in an expert meeting on the conclusions relating to UK psychiatric institutions by the European Committee on the Prevention of Torture (CPT) at the University of…Managing organisational unit
University of Bristol Law SchoolDates
01/07/2017 to 31/07/2017
Impact of UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on UK national mental health monitoring
Principal Investigator
Dates
01/11/2016 to 01/11/2017
Investigating Disabled People's & their Organisations' (DPOs) Involvement in Decision-Making in Bristol - A Scoping Study
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
This research identifies a clear research opportunity to investigate disabled people’s and their organizations’ (DPOs) involvement in decision-making, and to experiment in new ways of living well in terms of…Managing organisational unit
University of Bristol Law SchoolDates
25/04/2016 to 30/09/2016
An International Comparative Review of Mental Health Monitoring Mechanisms
Principal Investigator
Description
Research project commissioned by the Care Quality Commission to inform internal review of monitoring methodology in 2012Dates
01/10/2012 to 31/01/2013
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
01/06/2024'I was going into it blind'
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
Independent mental health monitoring: Evaluating the Care Quality Commission in England's approach to regulation, rights, and risks
Routlegde Handbook of Mental Health Law
The realisation of human rights in mental health law: Larry Gostin's Ideology of Entitlement: The application of contemporary legal approaches to psychiatry
Leading works in health law and ethics
The Professional Identity of Social Workers in Mental Health Services
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Best interests, benefit, will and preference: The influence of international human rights and external actors on decision-making frameworks in the United Kingdom and Ireland
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
Teaching
Judy has also previously taught on the first year Tort law unit, as well as contributing to various other LLM units on health inequalities and health, law & the body.
She has also delivered training sessions to postgraduate research students in the Law School and contributed guest lectures on health law on programmes in other faculties.