By Celia Kitzinger, 14th August 2025 A mother who refused to obey court orders was sentenced to 28 days in prison, and her pre-teenage daughter was to be taken into foster care, in a case I watched in the Family Court on 11th August 2025. The judge, Mrs Justice Lieven, ordered the local authority toContinue reading “Sentencing in contempt proceedings: Punishment and coercion in a case before Lieven J”
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A SEND advocate observes a hearing in the Court of Protection: Learning about the Official Solicitor – and a penal notice against an expert witness
By Michelle Hughes (with postscript by Celia Kitzinger), 23rd April 2025 Update 23rd September 2025: A judgment has been published for this case, Darlington Borough Council v AW & Ors [2025] EWCOP 33 (T3) Henke J found that P does have capacity. Para 60 reads: “I have written this judgment to enable AW to have aContinue reading “A SEND advocate observes a hearing in the Court of Protection: Learning about the Official Solicitor – and a penal notice against an expert witness”
Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection 