"I don’t think the judges, lawyers or public bodies involved have any idea of the impact it has had & is still having"
An excellent blog by my colleague @amandaaphill.bsky.social
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2026/02/12/h...
Appellant: Tony McGeenan KC for the Attorney General of Northern Ireland – from beginning of the morning session on 20th October 2022, continuing through the afternoon session until 1:40:50 Respondent: Rt Hon Dorothy Bain KC , Lord Advocate, representing herself - starting at 1:40:50 on the recording of 20th October 2025, afternoon session, and continuing the next day, 21st October 2025, until 1:42:30 Intervener: Joanne Clement KC for the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care starting at 1:42:40 on 21 October 2025 in the morning session and continuing in the afternoon session until 1:01:32 Intervener: Victoria Butler Cole KC and Arianna Kelly for The Charities (Mencap, Mind and the National Autistic Society, from late afternoon on 21st October 2025 (1hr:1 min into the recording) and then the first 45 minutes of the morning of 22nd October 2025 (Arianna Kelly is at 30.00 -44:35) Intervener: Emma Sutton KC for the Official Solicitor starts 45 minutes into the 22nd October 2025 session and ends 1hr:36mins. Reply from Tony McGeenan KC (for AGNI) – starts 1hr 36mins and runs to end of recording.
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By popular demand....
Speaker timings for the videos of the Supreme Court hearing concerned with Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
Videos are here: www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...
Thank you Celia! 🙏
Hello everyone - the amazing Eleanor Tallon is on Bluesky here: @eleanor24.bsky.social
Please connect with her to engage with this post and other things social work, COP, and BIA connected!
New blog post
By Eleanor Tallon
What does an experienced social worker and best interests assessor make of the Supreme Court hearing revisiting Cheshire West?
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/10/29/l...
It’s today! Send an email to openjustice@yahoo.com to ask for the link to attend this free webinar. @eleanor24.bsky.social talking about her role as a BIA. There’ll be lots of time for questions. @openjusticecop.bsky.social
Being there as Luba MacPherson was taken away to prison is an experience I won’t ever forget. Read about the hearing in this new blog by me and @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
HHJ Beckley was the first judge I observed when I was preparing for my own CoP hearing. He put me at my ease and made me feel less anxious. @magsbk.bsky.social had a similar experience, as she recounts in this great blog. HHJ Beckley is a great judge to observe
The problem with motability hire agreements - by @amandaaphill.bsky.social
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/08/11/t...
Here's a blog post from @jennykitzinger.bsky.social who observed the hearing. Use of scarce resources was a key concern from clinicians as part of broader context: he was in specialist rehab facility, not care home, while court application pursued.
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/08/08/a...
A risk for deputies and attorneys that they may not know about with @motabilityops.bsky.social hire agreements. Read the blog to find out more
Really looking forward to hosting this with Claire! Send an email to openjustice@yahoo.com if you want to come along
New blog post by @jennykitzinger.bsky.social raises some troubling questions about the operational difficulties in ensuring patients have the right assessment and funding to meet their needs.
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/08/08/a...
New blog post by @amandaaphill.bsky.social
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/07/22/i...
My Phd research is about family experiences in the Court of Protection - I had to apply to the court to be able to tell my participants that I am part of that group of people.
It's a hard process to navigate. Read about it in my latest blog
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/07/22/i...
Thanks for pointing that out, Jenny!
Needed a court hearing to be allowed to say why she was doing her PhD?!
A powerful account of the impact of reporting restrictions by @cujournmedcul.bsky.social student,
@amandaaphill.bsky.social
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/07/22/i...
When live-screened by @kingschambers.bsky.social consultant psychiatrist Dr Faisal Parvez said "delusional disorder" was typical of females of certain age living alone - like the 'cat lady' (he said) in the Simpsons.
Seems to have been edited out of the recording?
screenrant.com/simpsons-sho...
Strongly held beliefs do not equate to lack of litigation capacity
Theis J's decision about Luba Macpherson's capacity
I observed all three hearings about this and have written in detail about them in my latest blog:
@openjusticecop.bsky.social
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/06/24/s...
Tomorrow's featured Court of Protection hearings are on our website. they include a case we've blogged about before:
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
Insufficient evidence to rebut presumption of capacity due to failings of expert reports - unhappy judge + vulnerable person at risk.
Two contradictory capacity assessments - with no "workings out" to show why opinion changed.
#NotSecretCourt
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/06/23/d...
new on the blog - the Family Justice Council has published guidance on whether covert (secretly made) recordings can be relied on as evidence in family courts. We explain - transparencyproject.org.uk/can-secret-r...
A teacher physically assaulted and racially abused their adopted children while their partner - a barrister and family court judge - failed to protect them. Read @tbij.bsky.social ’s piece here and the FIVE related judgments in the next link
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Public lecture by Nicklin J on Open Justice - Wednesday 4th June 2025
All welcome - registration required.
www.gtc.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/event/open-justice-fit-for-purpose/
Does anyone in my network know whether, if you are subject to a Transparency Order preventing you from saying you are involved in a Court of Protection case, you are in contempt of court if you contact your MP, Member of Senedd etc to highlight your case?
@openjusticecop.bsky.social
David vs Goliath. That's how @doccmartin.bsky.social
describes this mum representing herself in court. But maybe she should have asked for a judicial review instead.
Can anyone write a blog for us about judicial review?
@openjusticecop.bsky.social
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/05/19/u...
New blog post.
This case is back in court tomorrow - check out our website for information about how to observe.
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/05/19/u...
@doccmartin.bsky.social and I are hosting the latest webinar on how to observe remote CoP hearings this week. It's not too late to sign up. Send us an email @ openjustice@yahoo.com if you want to come along. It's free! More details here:
I'm watching this, from the launch conference of the
RCP Guidance on Prolonged Disorders and Consciousness, and wondering what's gone wrong as I blog a case involving a Trust that completely ignored the guidelines and left Ps partner and birth family in limbo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_Uq...
