Appeal – Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection

Permission to appeal refused: A procedural dead end

By Elissa Novak (with an introduction by Celia Kitzinger), 22nd February 2026 This is effectively the third tranche of litigation in the long-running case concerning Luba Macpherson and her daughter, “FP”. First came the welfare proceedings for FP which were concluded in 2023[1]. Then came committal proceedings which concluded in 2025 with Luba serving aContinue reading “Permission to appeal refused: A procedural dead end”

Reflections on the Supreme Court’s judgment in Abbasi on the duration of reporting restrictions

by Daniel Clark, 25th April 2025 On Wednesday 16th April 2025, the UK Supreme Court handed down judgment in two cases. One of them, For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers, has received a huge amount of attention in the press and in social media. The other has not. It is nevertheless a veryContinue reading “Reflections on the Supreme Court’s judgment in Abbasi on the duration of reporting restrictions”