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HHJ Burrows does not like the term ‘Being on a DoLS’. Read more here 👇

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This post about daughter’s wish for unsupervised contact with Mum over Xmas is criticised by COP lawyer Sam Green. Were bloggers unfair to the judge? Read responses by @danielclark.bsky.social & @amandaaphill.bsky.social What do you think? openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/12/23/l...

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Featured hearing on Monday 24th February 2025 openjusticecourtofprotection.org

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Following the recommendation of @capacitylaw.bsky.social , I did read the book written by him and Camilla Kong and it was fascinating! Anyone interested in capacity assessments should read it.

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Interesting blog post by @jennykitzinger.bsky.social Should P's home be sold to pay the fees for somewhere he says he doesn't want to be? openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/02/10/w...

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A report on the accessibility of the Court of Protection in London. Inaccessible courts are bad for the public, bad for lawyers, and bad for the judiciary. @clarkdaniel.bsky.social identifies ways to improve accessibility in two court buildings openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/02/17/a...

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How to observe remote hearings in the Court of Protection A free one-hour webinar Thursday 13th February 2025, 5pm-6pm 👇

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E-mail [email protected] if you’d like to attend this free webinar

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Our featured hearing for Friday 7th February Go to the website for further details on how to observe: openjusticecourtofprotection.org

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39 Essex Chambers February 2025 Mental Capacity Report and Walkthrough: www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/39-essex-cha...

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New blog post from the Open Justice Court of Protection Project. Hayden J approves experimental treatment requested by woman with anorexia. openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/02/03/j...

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I’m really looking forward to hosting this webinar! 👇

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Court of Appeal says judges’ names should not be anonymised transparencyproject.org.uk/court-of-app...

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We will live post from 10.30 ….

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A really insightful discussion between @clarefuller.bsky.social and @capacitylaw.bsky.social. As a lay person it can be hard to find easy to understand resources about the law and best interests. I learned a lot from listening and recommend it for any lay people involved in best interests decisions.

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Thank you very much for having me, Clare. I greatly enjoyed, and hope that some of my witterings about best interests, what the law requires, and why sometimes compliance with the law seems so difficult resonate and are of use.

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New blog post by @doccmartin.bsky.social openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/01/09/d...

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The Court of Protection doesn’t seem to do too badly compared to the Criminal courts. To read the blogs we have published, take a look at our website. Our next webinar on ‘How to observe a remote Court of Protection hearing’ is 13th February. openjusticecourtofprotection.org/archive-by-c...

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New blog post by @doccmartin.bsky.social openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/01/09/d...

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Delays and a lack of progress in the case of ‘a most distinguished man’. @doccmartin.bsky.social writes about the latest hearing in this blog published by @openjusticecop.bsky.social : openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/01/09/d...

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The Open Justice Court of Protection Project is now CLOSED until 1st February 2025. We're all volunteers + we're taking a break. THANK YOU to all court staff, lawyers, judges + members of the public who contributed to open justice in 2024. Looking forward to lots of activity in 2025!

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New blog post from @kitzingercelia.bsky.social @openjusticecop.bsky.social openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/01/07/u...

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An anonymised defendant in a committal hearing - again. @kitzingercelia.bsky.social raises some interesting points, not least about the role of the public in court reporting

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The Open Justice Court of Protection Project is now CLOSED until 1st February 2025. We're all volunteers + we're taking a break. THANK YOU to all court staff, lawyers + judges, and members of the public who've contributed to open justice this year Season's Greetings and Happy New Year!

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Has anybody seen an injunction as wide-ranging as this one in the Court of Protection, extending as far as the family of health care professionals? In a Transparency Order that I was sent this week for a hearing I observed back in October. It’s for a research project I’m working on. Thanks!

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Heather Walton can be named as the mother of a P in a Court of Protection case. 2 days ago I could have been held in contempt of court for saying that: fined, had my assets seized or even been sent to prison. A blog: @openjusticecop.bsky.social openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/12/10/a...

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New blog by @jennykitzinger.bsky.social "...sometimes families are exactly the right people to promote P’s voice." But was her voice heard? Family thought not, but Court of Appeal found judge was "entitled to entertain doubts" about P's wishes. openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/12/04/a...

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Re ZX (Capacity to Engage in Sexual Relations) [2024] EWCA Civ 1462 Judgment here: www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC... Careful analysis of causation.

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Capacity, sexual relations and public protection - another go-round before the Court of Appeal: www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/capacity-sex...

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Take a look at the Featured Hearings on our website if you are looking for a Court of Protection hearing to observe Wednesday 4th December: openjusticecourtofprotection.org #NotSecretCourt #openjustice

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Interesting featured hearings on our website for Tuesday 3rd December 2024 openjusticecourtofprotection.org

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I’m looking forward to this! Send an email to [email protected] to receive a link #NotSecretCourt #openjustice

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Thinking of doing a PhD? These OU ones look great to me: • Leveraging technology on service inclusion & wellbeing (Business/Law) • Policing Online Harms: Protecting Women & Girls in the Digital Age (Bus/Law) • Empowering families affected by dementia (w/ @ageuk.bsky.social)

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I worked with Richard Lung to produce this blog post about his experience of his mother's deprivation of liberty for two years during the pandemic. The extracts from his journals at the time tell a powerful story about the devastating impact. openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/12/01/b...

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Reporting restriction orders should not normally be made when a case is already in the public domain and it would be impossible to report it at all without identifying the parties. Here's one (very sad) example #NotSecretCourt #OpenJustice openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2023/09/24/t...

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** A heart-breaking story about a 90+ year old mother and her 70+ year old son kept apart by DOLS during the pandemic. We must do better than this - it can't be right to cause this much emotional devastation. #openjustice #notsecretcourt openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/12/01/b...

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Featured hearing for Monday 2nd December 2024 openjusticecourtofprotection.org

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Gregg Wallace: “I can see the complaints coming from a handful of middle-class women of a certain age” Same age as you Gregg t.co/ax8NNIs8LF

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NEW ARTICLE. ‘Power in the Courtroom: Judicial Perspectives on Care-Experienced Girls & Women in Court’ just published – by me, Katie Hunter, @jostaines.bsky.social & Julie Shaw. This one was a very long time in the writing and so pleased to see it out. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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A blog I wrote a while ago now but with strong resonances today as I talk to another person detained against her will in a care home openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2022/06/03/w...

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** We publish 2-3 blogs each week - mostly by members of public who've watched court hearings. We also publish "explainer" blogs by legal + other professionals with experience of COP. Here's one by @ianbrownhill.bsky.social #NotSecretCourt openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/01/17/a...

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How about adding into the Assisted Dying Bill an amendment to the NHS Act 2006 so that hospices are on the list of services the NHS has to provide?

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The persistent urban myth of DoLS: The persistent urban myth of DoLS: www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/the-persiste...

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We publish 2-3 blogs each week - mostly by members of public who watch court hearings and describe + reflect on what they saw. Here's a recent blog post by @amandaaphill.bsky.social and @thesmallplaces.bsky.social #NotSecretCourt #OpenJustice openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/10/24/t...

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