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Friday 28 February 2025 Featured hearing before Mr Justice Poole at the Royal Courts of Justice openjusticecourtofprotection.org

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Some really interesting data on participation of the person in court proceedings under the Irish Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act www.hse.ie/eng/about/wh... cc @openjusticecop.bsky.social @capacitylaw.bsky.social

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Calling lawyers/academics: We'd love a blog addressing civil vs criminal standards of proof. This comes up a lot in discussions with families in COP hearings. Not much has been written about it. Please contact me if you're interested. (I found this: scholarship.law.cornell.edu/facpub/222/)

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A lack of accountability for implementing best interests decisions. Family members being excluded. Failures to comply with court orders. The inability of these public bodies to work together to help a young man is shocking openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/02/27/a...

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𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 Our Employment Solicitor is holding a one-off training and information session on employment law aimed at people who want to self-represent. Visit our website for full details: thlc.co.uk/calling-all-...

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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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Three featured hearings at the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday 25 February 2025. Including a serious medical treatment case (diabetes) before Mr Justice Garrido. openjusticecourtofprotection.org

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This post illustrates a common misunderstanding about DoLS. DoLS do not create restrictions on liberty - they regulate, authorise and limit them to what is necessary.

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Tuesday 25th February 2025 Three featured hearings at the Royal Courts of Justice, including a serious medical treatment case (diabetes) before Mr Justice Garrido. openjusticecourtofprotection.org

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New blog post by @amandaaphill.bsky.social openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/02/23/p...

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Featured hearing on Monday 24th February 2025 openjusticecourtofprotection.org

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Last October I was in London to investigate how accessible (or not) two court buildings are. First Avenue House fared much better than the Royal Courts of Justice but both were plagued by small text on signs. Even a notice that said you could ask for documents in large print were in small print!

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4 featured hearings you can observe Wednesday 19th February - take a look at our website for more details: openjusticecourtofprotection.org

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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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Featured hearing on our website for Tuesday 11 February 2025 Royal Courts of Justice before the vice president of the Court of Protection. openjusticecourtofprotection.org

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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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Wednesday 5 February 2025 Hearings at 5th Floor, First Avenue House, 42-49 High Holborn London WC1V 6NP Email for link for remote 10am hearing: Court of Protection at [email protected] or by calling 020 7421 8718. To attend in person, leave time to get through security.

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Hearings to observe (remotely) before HHJ Beckley at First Avenue House in London on Wednesday 5 February 2025. Email: Court of Protection at [email protected] or by calling 020 7421 8718.

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Ever wanted to observe a remote Court of Protection hearing but don't know how? Come to this free webinar run by Claire and Amanda, on 13th February. We welcome anybody who is interested: law students, Court of Protection practitioners, family members......anybody at all!

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New blog post by @doccmartin.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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My new blog post about yet another committal hearing - there was a run of them before Xmas openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/01/03/a...

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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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** New blog post openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/12/23/l...

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Now with a new commentary (scroll down to the bottom) by Rebecca “one of the lucky ones”. Restrained & force-fed at 15 (“horrific”), she’s “here today with a beautiful family and a life very distant to the one I once had” openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/12/14/a...

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Fine work from @rlwjones.bsky.social in his new book 'Reporting the Courts' www.routledge.com/Reporting-th...? More video & images from inside the courtroom? Allow reporters to record some of the proceedings? Better access to information? Thought-provoking suggestions, well worth a look

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** Now updated with a link to the published judgment. Recommended reading for everyone interested in (or concerned about) deprivation of liberty. #NotSecretCourt openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/10/10/e...

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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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Now with a new commentary (scroll down to the bottom) by Rebecca “one of the lucky ones”. Restrained & force-fed at 15 (“horrific”), she’s “here today with a beautiful family and a life very distant to the one I once had” openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/12/14/a...

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A harrowing read about emergency medical treatment that raises questions about anorexia treatments Now with comments from expert witness Tim Farmer (scroll to the end of the blog post) #OpenJustice #NotSecretCourt openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/12/14/a...

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Nearly 40 years on from the Felixstowe Justices ruling, the risks to all involved in cases such as this may well be greater than before. But any move towards secret justice cannot be justified without open public debate. rozenberg.substack.com/p/nameless-j...

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Our featured hearing Tuesday 17 December 2024 concerns a case referred back from the Court of Appeal to the Court of Protection. It concerns capacity for sexual relations. There are two published judgments in this case (please note, they are disturbing to read). openjusticecourtofprotection.org

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I have just opened a new account for the FLBA @familylawbar.bsky.social - please follow and spread the word.

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NEW BLOG POST Does anyone have experience of other young anorexic people being placed in induced comas for feeding against their wishes? (The Trust was seeking retrospective declarations that it was lawful) openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/12/14/a...

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BREAKING - SARA SHARIF: @louisetickle.bsky.social I just heard that the ban on naming of the judges who oversaw the historic family court cases will, despite our attempts to persuade Williams J otherwise, be maintained. Backed by @tortoisemedia.bsky.social ,we've just asked permission to appeal.

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Oldham Met BC v KZ & Ors [2024] EWCOP 72 (T3) Assessment of capacity & deafness. Handle with special care: (i)"Language deficiency syndrome" as cause of lack of capacity. Do not confuse with ignorance of topic. (ii) Circs in which anticipatory declaration is chosen www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...

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I too am not Spartacus. Where lawyers are associated with the causes of their clients, lawyers are at risk. Keeping our distance is our responsibility to those of our profession on the frontlines all over the world.

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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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Featured hearing for Tuesday 10th December 2024. We have blogged about this case before, here: openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/03/18/w... And here: openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/07/09/c... openjusticecourtofprotection.org

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This case is back in court on Monday 9th December 2024 at 12 noon. To observe the hearing, check out our website. openjusticecourtofprotection.org openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/04/15/a...

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This case is back in court on Monday 9th December 2024 at 12 noon. To observe the hearing, check out our website. openjusticecourtofprotection.org openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/04/15/a...

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What happens when families' views of what a person would have wanted are not accepted by the courts? Great post about epistemic justice in best interests decisions by @jennykitzinger.bsky.social for @openjusticecop.bsky.social wp.me/pc5lMH-60y

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