By accident or design, Poole J appears to have found himself the Tier 3 transparency guru. In Re Gardner (Deceased)(Duration… Read more
Tag: transparency
Committal hearings in the Court of Protection – publicity and complexity
In Esper v NHS NW London ICB (Appeal : Anonymity in Committal Proceedings) [2023] EWCOP 29, Poole J addressed the… Read more
Call for Evidence: Open Justice, the way forward
For those who have not already stumbled across it, a reminder that the Ministry of Justice has an open call… Read more
Fluctuating capacity, emotional dysregulation and public protection: a swansong for Hayden J
The case of A Local Authority v H [2023] EWCOP 4 concerned a young adult, H, described by Hayden J… Read more
Transparently clunky – Mostyn J and transparency orders before the Court of Protection
In Re EM [2022] EWCOP 31, Mostyn J expressed a number of concerns about the transparency order made in the… Read more
Happy birthday Open Justice Court of Protection!
It’s two years since Celia Kitzinger and Gill Loomes-Quinn launched the Open Justice Court of Protection Project. Since then, and… Read more
The Court of Protection and transparency
In a letter from the Vice-President published today (11 May 2020), he has emphasised that “[s]triving to achieve a transparent… Read more
The Skripals before the Court of Protection – more detailed analysis
The Court of Protection was thrust into the centre of a major international incident in SSHD v Sergei Skripal; SSHD v… Read more
Transparency Update and changes to SMT approach
The Transparency Pilot approach and that previously provided for in Serious Medical Treatment cases has now been merged (in fact, the… Read more
Case Management, s.49 and Transparency Pilot updates (and the COP Handbook 2nd edition…)
A cross-post to my post on this on the Court of Protection Handbook website (which gives me the opportunity shamelessly… Read more