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Article: Is ‘conversion therapy’ tortious?
Title | Is ‘conversion therapy’ tortious? |
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Authors | |
Keywords | conversion therapy health LGBT+ rights negligence torts |
Issue Date | 2022 |
Citation | Legal Studies, 2022, v. 42, n. 1, p. 23-41 How to Cite? |
Abstract | So-called ‘conversion therapy’ involves therapeutic attempts to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity. It is widely considered to be harmful to sexual minorities and there have been calls for it to be banned in the UK. In this paper, we examine whether victims of the practice could bring tort claims against ‘therapists’ for mental harm. Focusing on talking therapies, we assess tort doctrine in the law of negligence, the rule in Wilkinson v Downton, the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and deceit. We conclude that while some forms of conversion therapy will be tortious, others will not and so this area of law may fail to assist many victims of the practice. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/344432 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.0 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.255 |
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dc.contributor.author | Purshouse, Craig | - |
dc.contributor.author | Trispiotis, Ilias | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-31T03:03:27Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-07-31T03:03:27Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Legal Studies, 2022, v. 42, n. 1, p. 23-41 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0261-3875 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/344432 | - |
dc.description.abstract | So-called ‘conversion therapy’ involves therapeutic attempts to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity. It is widely considered to be harmful to sexual minorities and there have been calls for it to be banned in the UK. In this paper, we examine whether victims of the practice could bring tort claims against ‘therapists’ for mental harm. Focusing on talking therapies, we assess tort doctrine in the law of negligence, the rule in Wilkinson v Downton, the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and deceit. We conclude that while some forms of conversion therapy will be tortious, others will not and so this area of law may fail to assist many victims of the practice. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Legal Studies | - |
dc.subject | conversion therapy | - |
dc.subject | health | - |
dc.subject | LGBT+ rights | - |
dc.subject | negligence | - |
dc.subject | torts | - |
dc.title | Is ‘conversion therapy’ tortious? | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/lst.2021.28 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85108093909 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 42 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 23 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 41 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1748-121X | - |