Charlotte Emmett

Associate Professor

Department: Northumbria Law School

Charlotte is an Associate Professor of Law at Northumbria Law School and a qualified solicitor. She joined Northumbria University in 1997 after practising as a civil litigator in London, Greece and Australia. She obtained her teaching qualification (PGCE(HE) in law) at the University of Wales, Cardiff before joining the Law School as a senior law lecturer.

Charlotte's research interests are in mental health and mental capacity law. She was the founding editor of the Journal of Mental Health Law and developed the first postgraduate Masters programmes in mental health law in the Law School. She has trained a wide range of legal, health and social care professionals in mental health and mental capacity law for over 20 years.

Charlotte has taught across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the Law School and was Director of Education between 2017 and 2021. She is an assessor on the Law Society's Mental Capacity (Welfare) Accreditation scheme and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Campus Address

Room 305, City Campus East 1

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Charlotte has researched and published in mental health and mental capacity law for over 20 years. Much of her socio-legal research is interdisciplinary and focuses on mental capacity and decision making under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) in dementia care. Her research was presented to the Northern Ireland Assembly Ad Hoc Joint Committee considering the Mental Capacity Bill and informed the NICE Guideline [NG108] Mental Capacity and Decision Making.

Key Publications

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Malingered Mental Health: Legal Review and Clinical Challenges in English and Welsh Law, Beazley, P., Emmett, C. 27 Apr 2022, In: International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law
Data-Driven Responses to COVID-19: Lessons Learned: OMDDAC Research Compendium, Allsopp, R., Bessant, C., Dawda, S., Ditcham, K., Emmett, C., Higgs, M., Janjeva, A., Li, G., Sutton, S., Warner, M., Oswald, M. 12 Oct 2021
Legal Issues in Life-Limiting Illness: Can Cross-Agency, Interprofessional Education Support Integration of Care?, Hawkins, C., Rothwell, C., Close, H., Emmett, C., Hesselgreaves, H. Dec 2021, In: Journal of law and medicine
OMDDAC Practitioner Guidelines, Allsopp, R., Bessant, C., Dawda, S., Ditcham, K., Emmett, C., Higgs, M., Janjeva, A., Li, G., Sutton, S., Warner, M., Oswald, M. 12 Oct 2021
OMDDAC Snapshot Report 1: Data-driven Public Policy, Allsopp, R., Bessant, C., Dawda, S., Emmett, C., Higgs, M., Janjeva, A., Li, G., Oswald, M., Sutton, S., Warner, M. 18 May 2021
OMDDAC Snapshot Report 2: Tech-driven approaches to Public Health, Dawda, S., Allsopp, R., Bessant, C., Emmett, C., Higgs, M., Janjeva, A., Oswald, M., Li, G., Sutton, S., Warner, M. 18 May 2021
OMDDAC Snapshot Report 3: Policing and Public Safety, Janjeva, A., Allsopp, R., Bessant, C., Dawda, S., Emmett, C., Higgs, M., Li, G., Oswald, M., Sutton, S., Warner, M. 18 May 2021
Dementia, Law and Ethics: A Practical Guide for Nurses and Other, Hughes, J., Beatty, A., Emmett, C. 21 Dec 2020
Mental Health Laws from all UK Jurisdictions, Burrell, C., Emmett, C. 1 Sep 2020, Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry: Chapter 52: Mental capacity and decision making, Emmett, C., Hughes, J. 26 Nov 2020, Oxford University Press, Oxford

Current and Recent Projects

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COVID-19: Observatory for Monitoring Data-Driven Approaches to COVID-19, Oswald, M. (Principal Investigator), Emmett, C. (Co Investigator), UK Research and Innovation, 04/11/20 - 03/11/21, £406,656.00

Professional Activity

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Invited talk: “Update on the Draft Code of Practice to the MCA and Liberty Protection Safeguards”. 2022
Invited talk: Dementia, Religion and Spirituality 2019
Invited talk: Assessing mental capacity in people with communication problems 2018

PGR Supervision

Laura Creighton Start Date: 06/09/2022
Karena Hester Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 – Implications for stakeholders. Start Date: 06/05/2021