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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...

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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...

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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/

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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

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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...

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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...

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@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 @ [email protected] if you want to come along. It's free! More details here:

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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...

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@doccmartin.bsky.social and I really enjoy hosting these webinars, there is always an interesting mix of people. Send us an email if you want to come along - it's free! New time of 5.30pm. [email protected]

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New blog post by @kitzingercelia.bsky.social Determining the legal status of a "Living Will" openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/05/05/d...

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There are two hearings before Mr Justice Cusworth on Friday 25th April 2025 (COP 20007228 at 10:30am and COP 20014914 at 3pm). Have a look at our homepage for details on how to observe (including an email template that you can use) openjusticecourtofprotection.org

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Featured hearing for Tuesday 22 April 2025. A sentencing hearing for a case we have blogged about before: openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/04/16/a... openjusticecourtofprotection.org

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This is such great news! And this blog has some valuable learning points for professionals of almost every variety

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I'm so happy that I can finally tell our family Court of Protection story in my own name. Thank you to @kitzingercelia.bsky.social for all of your support, And @doccmartin.bsky.social @gillloomesquinn.bsky.social @clarkdaniel.bsky.social too!! openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/04/09/o...

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I don’t want to say too much about this blog post because I’m worried about inadvertently breaching the TO.

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Journalists are being blocked from entering a London youth court, by a team of security guards, a list caller, and a legal adviser. One reporter has been made to ‘sign in’ twice already. For no obvious reason. There’s a security guard who is particularly adamant it’s his job to keep us out

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This is a guest post by Victoria Butler Cole KC. Victoria is a barrister at 39 Essex and you can find her on Bluesky @torbc.bsky.social. The BBC recently published an article about the experiences of a young woman who had spent time in a range of... https://transparencyproject.org.uk/?p=29457

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Are young people losing their freedom because of Deprivation of Liberty Orders? @torbc.bsky.social looks at some recent coverage of so called ‘Dol’ cases: transparencyproject.org.uk/are-young-pe...

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Disabled woman in mourning after the death of her sister is criminal convicted for not paying her TV Licence It is heartless & a direct result of the way the system is currently operating #singlejusticeprocedure Your constituent, @melanieonnmp.bsky.social www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/d...

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This hearing concerns LV. The court approved placing her in an induced coma to allow her to be force-fed. A judgment has been published: www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC... It is back at the RCJ Monday 7th April. Details of how to observe can be found on our website: openjusticecourtofprotection.org

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M v F & Another. Mrs Justice Harris permits a mother to tell her story in interviews and talks under an alias we will publish a report on this lengthy judgment soon. #transparency #OpenJustice #FamilyCourt #FreedomIfExpression: caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/202...

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Summit of Troutbeck Tongue - very blustery today. Thrilled to be back after a 3 month break to continuing with our post-knee-surgery Wainwrights. 82/214

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I'm looking forward to hosting this with @doccmartin.bsky.social 👇

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P is missing and the court is trying to locate her- back in court 12pm today, Friday 28th March. Find out how to observe by going to the Open Justice Court of Protection Project Website openjusticecourtofprotection.org openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/03/26/t...

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A grieving widow has been convicted of not paying for insurance on her husband's car after he died from cancer #SingleJusticeProcedure www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/g...

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I observed this hearing on 19th March and wrote this blog. I could see how intent McKendrick J was on finding P - and her mum, missing for two years. Will mum attend the next hearing, this Friday 28th March? I plan to observe and find out.

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New blog post Mum took P to Jamaica to escape the jurisdiction of the court. Other judges have made orders for her return without success. Can McKendrick J now order P's return 2 years later? (+ why was part of this hearing heard in private?) openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/03/26/t...

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“I’m making these orders not for my own amusement, but for P”: Judge admonishes professionals over “disappointing” failures by @GillLoomesQuinn openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/03/25/i...

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“It can feel as though a care package is both the elusive pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and a house of cards just waiting to fall down at the slightest breath of wind” So writes @gillloomesquinn.bsky.social in this immensely powerful blog. openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/03/25/i...

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New on the blog - Court of Appeal overturns a Family Court decision not to appoint an intermediary for a vulnerable mother in care proceedings transparencyproject.org.uk/court-of-app... The forthcoming judgment may help with guidance on necessity for intermediaries

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Feeling foolish and frustrated: How I failed to observe an RCJ hearing due to an uncorrected listing error By @amandaaphill.bsky.social openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/03/23/f...

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Hello @hmctsgovuk.bsky.social in Exeter. Please remember to include the names of public bodies (like Devon County Council) in the Courtel/CourtServe lists. It's important for transparency! #OpenJustice #NotSecretCourts

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This transparency order made by DJ Drayson in Birmingham on 20 December 2024 says we can be found in contempt of court and sent to prison if we name the local authority in this deprivation of liberty case. It's probably a mistake. But we'll have to fill in a COP 9 to get it changed...😦

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Pensioner, 82, convicted of not paying car tax when wife died A sign of a broken system #SingleJusticeProcedure Something for his local MP Kemi Badenoch to look at? www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/c...

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"Nobody has any idea how many people have been subject to contempt proceedings in CoP in any given year, what their alleged offences were, what the outcome was, or even whether or not they received custodial sentence" openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/03/09/c...

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Reflection on the balance of Article 8 privacy rights and Article 10 freedom of information rights in the Court of Protection.

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2 featured hearings you can observe, Thursday 6th March Go to our website for more details: openjusticecourtofprotection.org

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