Tag Archives: committal proceedings

Draconian reporting restrictions (now lifted) in a contempt of court case: Severing continuity between judgments

By Amanda Hill and Claire Martin (with acknowledgment of significant input and support from Celia Kitzinger) Update 26 May 2025: The application to vary the reporting restrictions was successful and a judgment, [2025] EWCOP 16 (T3), was published on the National Archives Friday 23 May 2025. We will blog about the hearing to vary theContinue reading “Draconian reporting restrictions (now lifted) in a contempt of court case: Severing continuity between judgments”

My experience at Weymouth Combined Court: listing, access, and transparency

By Peter C Bell, 30th May 2024 It was one of those days where I had not really intended to do any Court watching. I was back in Weymouth to help the family to support my elderly father after the recent loss of both his wife (my mother) and then his elder sister and casuallyContinue reading “My experience at Weymouth Combined Court: listing, access, and transparency”

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”

Happy Third Birthday to the Open Justice Court of Protection Project

By Celia Kitzinger, Gill Loomes-Quinn, Claire Martin and Kirsty Stuart, 15 June 2023 Three years ago today, on 15th June 2020, Celia and Gill launched the Open Justice Court of Protection Project, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.  It was born of our passionate belief that “publicity is the very soul of justice” at aContinue reading “Happy Third Birthday to the Open Justice Court of Protection Project”

‘No Entry’: A committal hearing at the RCJ

By Daniel Cloake, 10th June 2021 “It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.’” So reads the infamous line from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy to justify the assertion that the all-important plans hadContinue reading “‘No Entry’: A committal hearing at the RCJ”