By Tim Sugden, 21st February 2024 It’s not open justice if you can’t hear what is being said in the courtroom. My experience is that this is a recurrent problem in magistrates’ courts – and now I’ve found the same problem in the Court of Protection as well. My experiences in magistrates’ courts with CourtwatchContinue reading “Inaudible in-person proceedings: A practical barrier to transparency and open justice”
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Available options and best interests in a disputed end-of-life treatment case
By Celia Kitzinger, 21 March 2022 The judgment is now published: London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust v M & Ors [2022] EWCOP 13 (21 March 2022) On 14th March 2022, I watched a one-day final hearing about a young man in a prolonged disorder of consciousness from which (doctors say) he will never recover. Continue reading “Available options and best interests in a disputed end-of-life treatment case”
A court-authorised hip replacement
declaration ordering surgery was the right outcome. I saw a rigorous but caring and collegial environment in court, with a genuine commitment to involving P. Counsel for the parties adopted a clearly non-adversarial approach throughout. The focus for everyone was on making the right decision for P.
Secure Accommodation for Young People: “A well-known scandal”
This was a case in which the judge and all the parties to the case (including the local authority) were doing their utmost to help a vulnerable young person against the backdrop of a nationwide shortage of appropriate provision.
Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection 