By Celia Kitzinger, 20 July 2025 Since October 2024, I have been asking the Court of Protection (via the Bristol hub) for information about what happened at a committal hearing before DJ Taylor sitting in Truro at 2pm on Friday 25th October 2024. It’s COP 14097168 – the last in the CourtServe listing below. TheContinue reading “Wrongful arrest and a secret prison sentence: DJ Taylor (Truro) and the failure of open justice”
Tag Archives: Committal
‘Sentencing’ for Contempt of Court: HHJ Hilder decides on no penalty
By Claire Martin, 28th April 2025 The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary defines contempt of court like this: I have recently discovered, at a different hearing for contempt, that the criminal standard of proof (of beyond reasonable doubt) is required for both criminal and civil contempt. That is different to the usual standard of proofContinue reading “‘Sentencing’ for Contempt of Court: HHJ Hilder decides on no penalty”
Warrant for arrest of P’s mother
By Amanda Hill, formerly ‘Anna’ , 7th December 2023 This has been a long and difficult case, blogged about recently here). I’ve not observed a hearing in this case before – but I’ve read a blog about the previous committal hearing here. In brief, at the previous committal hearing the judge determined that Mrs Liovbov Macpherson (Luba) hadContinue reading “Warrant for arrest of P’s mother”
Removing P to another country to evade the orders of the Court
By Celia Kitzinger, 9th July 2023 If you believe the authorities are acting against the best interests of your vulnerable relative, you might contemplate escaping with them to another country, in the hope of taking the person outside the reach of the Court of Protection. I often hear conversations about this. For most people it isn’t reallyContinue reading “Removing P to another country to evade the orders of the Court”
Committal hearings and open justice in the Court of Protection
An inaccurate listing on a court noticeboard might seem a small thing. But in contempt cases, that inaccurate listing might lead to your neighbour being sent to jail in secret. That would be a very big thing indeed.
Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection 