** 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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...

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 @ [email protected] 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...

@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]

thank you for the detail in this analysis. It has given me a lot to think about

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

I have a lot of sympathy for these concerns, and the Supreme Court recognised them too - it accepts the use of injunctions during proceedings and doesn't completely rule out indefinite injunctions. That being said, indefinite injunctions are such a serious infringement of free expression

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

Just read this succinct, powerful and informative blog. As a recently qualified BIA, this was a very helpful read thank you.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...