Mental Health and Disability Sub-Committee
Convener
Lynda Towers
Morton Fraser
Morton Fraser
Secretary
Observers
Fiona Brown, Office of the Public Guardian and Accountant of Court
May Dunsmuir
Julie Paterson
Members
Matthew Clarke
Carrie-Anne Clifford
Claire Currie, 1st Legal
Deirdre Hanlon, Kirk Hanlon
Lisa Law, Brodies
David McClements, Russel + Aitken Denny LLP
Sandra McDonald
Helen McGinty, Helen McGinty & Company
Professor Colin McKay, Edinburgh Napier University
Yvonne McKenna
Dianne Millen, BTO Solicitors
Catherine Mullen
Dr Pradeep Pasupuleti
Shirley Rhynd
Alex Ruck Keene QC
Jill Stavert, Edinburgh Napier University
Adrian D Ward MBE,LLB
Aims & functions of the committee
Our Mental Health and Disability Sub-Committee is made up of solicitor and non-solicitor members with experience across mental health, capacity and adult support and protection law. Since its inception in 1989 the committee has been a major national player in relevant law reform and related developments, with an emphasis on the perspective of legal practitioners, and we are currently engaging with proposals for reform following the final report of the Scottish Mental Health Law Review (September 2022). We were one of the founding committees of the working group which produced the Advance choices, and medical decision-making in intensive care situations paper in 2022.
Mental health and disability law
Find out more about our work on Mental Health and Disability Law