By Celia Kitzinger, 4 August 2023 Editorial note: For background information about this case click on the titles of these two blog posts: (1) : “Fact-finding hearing: Little short of outright war” (which has links to previous judgments) and (2) “A judicial embargo and our decision to postpone“. Note that we will now delay publication of our multi-authored blogs aboutContinue reading “Adjournment and interim judgment – Hayden J’s fact-finding hearing”
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Coma and treatment withdrawal: An unusual case
By Rhiannon Snaith, 2nd August 2023 Note: The judgment has been published here: Re IN (Withdrawal of CANH) [2023] EWCOP 32 This case (COP 14094683, before Mr Justice Poole) was heard in the Royal Courts of Justice on Friday 21 July 2023. The hearing was listed as a ‘hybrid’ hearing which meant that people couldContinue reading “Coma and treatment withdrawal: An unusual case”
A judicial embargo and our decision to postpone
By Celia Kitzinger, 27 July 2023 More than sixty people have asked for the link to observe Mr Justice Hayden’s ‘fact finding’ hearing (COP 12975950) over the last two weeks, and I’ve published a purely factual report about the issues before the court here: Fact-finding hearing: “Little short of outright war“. As I said inContinue reading “A judicial embargo and our decision to postpone”
Fact-finding hearing: “Little short of outright war”
By Celia Kitzinger, 24th July 2023 Update: This hearing was adjourned due to illness of Lead Counsel for the Applicant on Monday 31st July 2023. The hearing will continue on the next available court dates: 6th October and 9th October 2023. The father will finish giving evidence (he was part way through being cross-examined) andContinue reading “Fact-finding hearing: “Little short of outright war””
Giving P “one more roll of the dice”
By Claire Martin, 20 July 2023 This case (COP 1381929T, 17th July 2023) is about whether Mr B can move back to his own home, with or without his wife, Mrs B. They live together in a care home at the moment. I received the link for this hearing – as well as the Transparency Order!Continue reading “Giving P “one more roll of the dice””
Very like London buses – several ‘property and affairs’ hearings all at once
By Georgina Baidoun, 16 July 2023 I have become lazy about looking for hearings in my area of interest, which is property and affairs and particularly Court of Protection deputy issues, because there are so few listed and those few tend increasingly to be held in person or to be vacated/cancelled. The advent of good weatherContinue reading “Very like London buses – several ‘property and affairs’ hearings all at once”
Cancer investigations – with restraint authorised if required
By Celia Kitzinger, 16 July 2023 Mr D is in his fifties, and he’s currently in a psychiatric hospital, with a longstanding diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia and a suspected mild learning disability. He’s lost a lot of weight recently, and blood tests show a range of inflammatory markers indicative of potential cancer. Doctors say heContinue reading “Cancer investigations – with restraint authorised if required”
Covert medication, the ‘causative nexus’ and (yet again) issues with the Transparency Order
By Daniel Clark, 14 July 2023 A man in his 60s, living with an acquired brain injury is refusing medication for the management of his diabetes. The applicant local authority has applied to the court for the approval of a covert medication plan. In the previous hearing (which I blogged about here), Theis J had requestedContinue reading “Covert medication, the ‘causative nexus’ and (yet again) issues with the Transparency Order”
The logic, law and language of Lasting Power of Attorney: A case before Hayden J
By Clare Fuller, 12 July 2023 Advance Care Planning is something I care passionately about. As a nurse specialising in Palliative and End of Life Care I have seen first-hand and too often what can happen if appropriate plans are not in place. Advance Care Planning means thinking ahead, not waiting for a crisis andContinue reading “The logic, law and language of Lasting Power of Attorney: A case before Hayden J”
Just another failure of open justice: DJ Bland in Lancaster County Court
By Celia Kitzinger, 11 July 2023 I’m so weary of this sort of thing. I can’t summon up the energy, three years on, for outrage about the routine, mundane, banal failure of the Court of Protection, despite its best intentions, to implement transparency for its hearings. In theory, yes, the doors of the courtroom areContinue reading “Just another failure of open justice: DJ Bland in Lancaster County Court”
Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection 