HHJ Williscroft – Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection

Open justice isn’t self-executing and here’s the proof: A case that never appeared on the public list and backtracking on a Transparency Order

By Daniel Clark, 31st July 2025 In a speech at the start of June 2025, the Chair of the Transparency and Open Justice Board, Mr Justice Nicklin, remarked that, “we must also recognise that open justice is not self-executing. The principles of open justice must be upheld, on occasions nurtured, and — critically — seenContinue reading “Open justice isn’t self-executing and here’s the proof: A case that never appeared on the public list and backtracking on a Transparency Order”

A judge without a bundle adjourns the case

By Daniel Clark, 11th June 2025 A bundle is a collection of documents that are relevant to the decision that the court is being asked to make. As Kyle Squire, then a barrister at 5 Pump Court Chambers put it in a blog for the Open Justice Court of Protection Project, “‘Bundle’ may be aContinue reading “A judge without a bundle adjourns the case”