Edinburgh Napier University

 Jill is Professor of Mental Health and Capacity Law and Director of the Centre for Mental Health and Capacity Law at Edinburgh Napier University.

Jill was previously a member of the Deprivation of Liberty and Supported Decision-Making Working Groups relating to the Scottish Government review of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act and an expert adviser to the Independent Review of Learning Disability and Autism in the Mental Health Act. Currently, she is a member of the Scottish Mental Health Law Review (Scott Review) Executive Team. She is also a member of the Mental Welfare Commission led COVID-19 Emergency Powers Scrutiny Advisory Group.

Her recent research has included the “Three Jurisdictions Project” which investigated the compatibility of UK-wide capacity laws with Article 12 CRPD, the “Scotland’s Mental Health and Capacity Law: the Case for Reform” report with the Mental Welfare Commission and “Employer Responses to Dementia in the Workplace” project. At present she is Principal Investigator on the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland: the Views and Experiences of Patients, Named Persons, Practitioners and Tribunal Panel Members project (funded by the Nuffield Foundation).

A list of her publications can be found at: https://www.napier.ac.uk/people/jill-stavert