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Professor Colin McKay

Professor, Centre for Mental Health and Capacity Law

I joined the Centre for Mental Health and Capacity Law as a Professor in 2020. From 2014 to 2020 I was the Chief Executive of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland. From 1999-2014 I was a civil servant (from 2004 senior civil servant) with the Scottish Government. Areas I worked on included justice policy, public service reform, strategy, and mental health. I was secretary to the Millan committee on mental health law and the MacLean committee on serious violent and sexual offenders. I trained as a solicitor and from 1989-1998 was a legal and policy adviser with ENABLE Scotland.
I am a member of the Executive of the review of mental health law led by John Scott QC, and previously chaired a working group of the Wessely review of the English Mental Health Act.

CPD & Training with Colin McKay:

Deprivation of Liberty Seminar 2021 On-demand

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CPD & training events, Webinar|Disability, Discrimination, Human rights, Civil court work, Mental health, Local government
In this seminar our speakers offer practical guidance on identifying deprivation of liberty situations and the available remedies.
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