Professor Philip Fennell

Emeritus Professor

: fennell@cardiff.ac.uk
: 3.15, Law Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX

: Media commentator

Phil Fennell is a Professor of Law in Cardiff Law School, Cardiff University, where he teaches Medical Law, Public Law and Legal Foundations. He has published many articles and books on law and psychiatry, including Treatment Without Consent: Law, Psychiatry and the Treatment of Mental Disorder since 1845, (Routledge 1996), (with Larry Gostin, Peter Bartlett, Jean McHale and Ronnie Mackay) Principles of Mental health Law and Policy (Oxford University Press 2010), Mental Health Law and Practice (2nd Edition Jordans 2011), (with Penny Letts and Jonathan Wilson Mental health Tribunals (The Law Society 2013) . Phil has worked as specialist legal adviser to the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Committee on the Mental Health Bill 2004, to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, as well as to the Welsh Affairs Committee on the Draft Mental Health Legislative Competence Order 2008.

Phil is a regular speaker at conferences on mental health law and policy, and is frequently asked to give advice on policy issues to official bodies in Great Britain and Ireland. In 2009 Phil gave training lectures on the Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards to judges of the High Court the Court of Appeal and the Court of Protection, and in January 2013 addressed a seminar of the judges of the Family Division and the Court of Protection at Highgate House on the Deprivation of Liberty Procedures under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. He has provided expert legal comment on topical issues of medical and mental health law for both BBC and ITV news and current affairs programmes. He acted as specialist legal adviser to the Welsh grand Committee of the Westminster Parliament on the Legislativeoo Competence order which led to the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010. In 2009 Phil gave evidence to the Senedd Health and Social Services Committee on the measure.

Philip Fennell was a member of the Law Society's Mental Health and Disability Committee from 1985-2011and was a member of the Mental Health Act Commission from 1983-1989. In 2000 Philip lectured to the judiciary as part of the judicial training for the implementation of the Human Rights Act 1998. From November 2004 to March 2005 he served as specialist legal adviser to the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill 2004. In November 2006 he was appojnted specialist legal adviser to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights for the Committee's scrutiny of the Mental Health Bill 2006. He regularly gives lectures to professional bodies on mental health law.

2017

Series, L., Fennell, P. and Doughty, J. 2017. Welfare cases in the Court of Protection: A statistical overview. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University, School of Law and Politics.
Series, L., Fennell, P. and Doughty, J. 2017. The participation of P in welfare cases in the court of protection. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.

2015

Series, L.et al. 2015. Local authorities and the Court of Protection's welfare jurisdiction in 2013–14. Elder Law 5(1), pp. 114.
Series, L.et al. 2015. Use of the Court of Protection's welfare jurisdiction by supervisory bodies in England and Wales. Cardiff: Cardiff Law School. Available at: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wccop/research-report-on-local-authorities-use-of-the-court-of-protection/
Clements, L.et al. 2015. Transparency in the Court of Protection: report on a Roundtable. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wccop/files/2015/04/Transparency-in-the-Court-of-Protection-Report.pdf

2013

Fennell, P. W. H., Letts, P. and Wilson, J. 2013. Mental health tribunals: Law and practice. London: The Law Society.
Fennell, P. W. H. 2013. Sex offenders, consent to treatment, and the politics of risk. In: Harrison, K. and Rainey, B. eds. Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Legal and Ethical Aspects of Sex Offender Treatment and Management. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 38-62., (10.1002/9781118314876.ch3)
Fennell, P. W. H. 2013. Controlling clinical power: therapy, discipline and punishment. In: Saks, E. ed. Restraint in Mental Health Care. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-65.

2012

Fennell, P. W. H. 2012. Co-ordinating Deprivation of Liberty: Human Rights Turned Upside Down. Elder Law Journal 2(1), pp. 82-87.

2011

Fennell, P. W. H. 2011. Mental Health: Law and Practice (2nd ed.). New Law Series. Bristol: Jordan Publishing.
Fennell, P. W. H. and Khaliq, U. 2011. Conflicting or complementary obligations? The UN Disability Rights Convention, the European Convention on Human Rights and English law. European Human Rights Law Review 2011(6), pp. 662-674.

2010

Gostin, L. et al. eds. 2010. Principles of Mental Health Law and Policy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Fennell, P. W. H. 2010. Institutionalising the community: the codification of clinical authority and the limitations of rights based approaches. In: McSherry, B. and Weller, P. eds. Rethinking Rights-Based Mental Health Laws. Oxford: Hart Publishing, pp. 13-50.

2008

Fennell, P. W. H. 2008. Mental Disorder and Mental Health Law. In: Cane, P. and Conaghan, J. eds. The New Oxford Companion to Law. Oxford Companions Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 777-780.

2007

Fennell, P. W. H. 2007. Mental health: the new law. New Law Series. Bristol: Jordan Publishing.

2006

Fennell, P. W. H. 2006. Joint Committee on Human Rights: Note from the Specialist Adviser, Mental Health Bill.

2005

Fennell, P. 2005. Protection! protection! protection! deja vu all over again: the Government response to the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Committee. Journal of Mental Health Law(Nov), pp. 110-122.
Fennell, P. W. H. 2005. Convention Compliance, Public Safety and the Social Inclusion of Mentally Disordered People. Journal of Law and Society 32(1), pp. 90-110. (10.1111/j.1467-6478.2005.316_1.x)

2004

Fennell, P. W. H. 2004. Medical law section. In: Rose, C. ed. All England Law Reports Annual Review 2003. London: LexisNexis, pp. 293-326.
Fennell, P. W. H. 2004. The law and ethics of mental health nursing. In: Norman, I. J. and Ryrie, I. eds. The Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing: A Textbook of Principles and Practice. Maidenhead: Open University Press, pp. 154-180.

2003

Fennell, P. W. H. 2003. Reducing rights in the name of convention compliance: Mental health law reform and the new human rights agenda. Cardiff: Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law and Society (CCELS), Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.ccels.cf.ac.uk/archives/publications/2004/fennellpaper.pdf
Fennell, P. W. H. 2003. Medical law section. In: Rose, C. ed. All England Law Reports Annual Review 2002. London: LexisNexis, pp. 261-284.
Gostin, L. O. and Fennell, P. W. H. 2003. Health: the healthcare system, therapeutic relationships and public health. In: Cane, P. and Tushnet, M. V. eds. The Oxford Handbook of Legal Studies. Oxford Handbooks Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 435-455.
Fennell, P. W. H. et al. eds. 2003. Butterworths medico-legal reports. London: Butterworths.
Fennell, P. W. H. et al. eds. 2003. Butterworths medico-legal reports. London: Butterworths.
Fennell, P. W. H. et al. eds. 2003. Butterworths medico-legal reports. London: Butterworths.
Fennell, P. W. H. et al. eds. 2003. Butterworths medico-legal reports. London: Butterworths.
Fennell, P. W. H. et al. eds. 2003. Butterworths medico-legal reports. London: Butterworths.

2002

Fennell, P. W. H. and Yeates, V. 2002. To serve which master? Criminal justice policy, community care and the mentally disordered offender. In: Buchanan, A. ed. Care of the Mentally Disordered Offender in the Community. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 288-324.
Fennell, P. W. H. and Yeates, V. 2002. To serve which master? Criminal justice policy, community care and the mentally disordered offender. In: Buchanan, A. ed. Care of the Mentally Disordered Offender in the Community. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 288-324.
Fennell, P. W. H. 2002. Medical law section. In: Rose, C. ed. All England Law Reports Annual Review 2001. London: LexisNexis, pp. 282-296.
Fennell, P. W. H. et al. eds. 2002. Butterworths medico-legal reports. London: Butterworths.
Fennell, P. W. H. et al. eds. 2002. Butterworths medico-legal reports. London: Butterworths.
Fennell, P. W. H. et al. eds. 2002. Butterworths medico-legal reports. London: Butterworths.
Fennell, P. W. H. et al. eds. 2002. Butterworths medico-legal reports. London: Butterworths.
Fennell, P. W. H. et al. eds. 2002. Butterworths medico-legal reports. London: Butterworths.
Fennell, P. W. H. et al. eds. 2002. Butterworths medico-legal reports. London: Butterworths.

2001

Fennell, P. W. H. 2001. Radical risk management, mental health and criminal justice. In: Gray, N. S., Laing, J. M. and Noaks, L. eds. Criminal Justice, Mental Health and the Politics of Risk. London, UK: Cavendish, pp. 69-98.
Fennell, P. W. H. 2001. Reforming the Mental Health Act 1983: joined up compulsion. Journal of Mental Health Law(June), pp. 5-20.
Fennell, P. W. H. et al. eds. 2001. Butterworths medico-legal reports. London: Butterworths.
Fennell, P. W. H. et al. eds. 2001. Butterworths medico-legal reports. London: Butterworths.
Fennell, P. W. H. et al. eds. 2001. Butterworths medico-legal reports. London: Butterworths.
Fennell, P. W. H. 2001. Medical law section. In: Rose, C. ed. All England Law Reports Annual Review 2000. London: LexisNexis, pp. 271-294.
Fennell, P. W. H. et al. eds. 2001. Butterworths medico-legal reports. London: Butterworths.
Fennell, P. W. H. et al. eds. 2001. Butterworths medico-legal reports. London: Butterworths.
Fennell, P. W. H. et al. eds. 2001. Butterworths medico-legal reports. London: Butterworths.
Fennell, P. W. H. 2001. Mental health: detention by social worker and doctors following discharge by mental health review tribunal. Medical Law Review 9(2), pp. 176-180. (10.1093/medlaw/9.2.176)
Fennell, P. W. H. 2001. Mental health: health and social services authorities' duties to provide after care needed to implement tribunal discharge decision. Medical Law Review 9(2), pp. 180-184. (10.1093/medlaw/9.2.180)
Fennell, P. W. H. 2001. General Medical Council: complaints procedures. Medical Law Review 9(1), pp. 57-63. (10.1093/medlaw/9.1.57)

2000

Fennell, P. W. H. 2000. Informed consent and clincal research in psychiatry. In: Doyal, L. and Tobias, J. eds. Informed Consent in Medical Research. London: BMJ Books, pp. 182-192.
Fennell, P. W. H. et al. eds. 2000. Butterworths medico-legal reports. London: Butterworths.
Fennell, P. W. H. 2000. Medical law section. In: Vandridge-Ames, C. ed. All England Law Reports Annual Review 1999. London: Butterworths, pp. 252-272.

1999

Fennell, P. W. H. 1999. Medical law section. In: Vandridge-Ames, C. ed. All England Law Reports Annual Review 1998. London: Butterworths, pp. 297-329.

1998

Fennell, P. W. H. 1998. Medical law section. In: Vandridge-Ames, C. ed. All England Law Reports Annual Review 1997. London: Butterworths, pp. 301-335.

1997

Fennell, P. W. H. 1997. Medical law section. In: Vandridge-Ames, C. ed. All England Law Reports Annual Review 1996. London: Butterworths, pp. 294-314.

1996

Fennell, P. W. H. 1996. Medical law section. In: Vandridge-Ames, C. ed. All England Law Reports Annual Review 1995. London: Butterworths, pp. 354-396.

1995

Fennell, P. W. H. 1995. Medical law section. In: Vandridge-Ames, C. ed. All England Law Reports Annual Review 1994. London: Butterworths, pp. 275-302.

1994

Fennell, P. W. H. 1994. Medical law section. In: Thomas, S. ed. All England Law Reports Annual Review 1993. London: Butterworths, pp. 292-311.

1993

Fennell, P. W. H., Harpwood, V. H. and Ngwena, C. 1993. Medical law section. In: Brown, P. ed. All England Law Reports Annual Review 1992. London: Butterworths, pp. 285-313.

1992

Fennell, P. W. H., Harpwood, V. H. and Ngwena, C. 1992. Medical law section. In: Brown, P. ed. All England Law Reports Annual Review 1991. London: Butterworths, pp. 231-257.

Philip lectures in Public Law and Legal Foundations on Part One of the LLB programme. He is course convenor of the LLM in Legal Aspects of Medical Practice. He is module leader of the LLM modules 'Consent to Treatment' and 'Law and Psychiatry.'

Principal researcher on Nuffield Foundation funded research project on health and welfare decisions in the Court of Protection.

Currently researching health and welfare decisions in the Court of Protection with post-doctoral research associate Dr Lucy Series.