By Gill Loomes-Quinn, 28 April 2024 Grand Theft Auto – a series of action-adventure games – was at the centre of this hearing. The protected party (C ) doesn’t want restrictions on his liberty to play the video games – but is (his carers say) “unable to cope with the emotional impact” of them. Gaming “leadsContinue reading ““For now, it’s a ‘no’”: Court considers access to Grand Theft Auto”
Tag Archives: Open Justice
When P’s best interests aren’t in a Council’s financial interests
by Daniel Clark, 21st April 2024 The court has previously found that it is in the best interests of Mr B to remain in his current care home. However, unless he obtains Continuing Healthcare funding, he will have to move because the local authority aren’t able to meet the high cost of the care home. ToContinue reading “When P’s best interests aren’t in a Council’s financial interests”
A contested capacity hearing
By Nell Robson and Claire Martin, 19 April 2024 We observed a hearing (COP 14181752) in Derby before District Judge Lubega on the 12th April 2024. It was listed like this on CourtServe: My (Nell’s) interest in this hearing was piqued because I am a sixth form student currently completing an EPQ (Extended Project Qualification) aboutContinue reading “A contested capacity hearing”
“A most distinguished man”
By Claire Martin, 15th April 2024 A hearing before HHJ Beckley on 18th March 2024 (COP 1347207T) started off with counsel for P (Alison Harvey) describing the person at the centre of the case as “a most distinguished man’”. He is used to living in Kensington & Chelsea and wants to go back there to live. Continue reading ““A most distinguished man” “
Extraordinary restrictions – “family are the experts”
By Celia Kitzinger, 14th April 2024 In an earlier blog post (“Unusual restrictions” for a 17-year-old), Claire Martin reported feeling “very alarmed” by restrictions to which this young man is subject, in self-contained padded rooms, behind a locked door, with 4:1 supervision. The judge in that hearing, DJ Glassbrook, had said these were “extraordinary restrictions which requireContinue reading “Extraordinary restrictions – “family are the experts””
Two hats: Mother as Rule 1.2 representative and (now) litigation friend
By Celia Kitzinger, 11 April 2024 This was a short hearing about a long-running case[1] concerning a man in his twenties (MA) who has a learning disability and autism. Following an unpublished judgment by Hayden J back in July 2021, MA lives at a placement where he is deprived of his liberty. In July 2022, the localContinue reading “Two hats: Mother as Rule 1.2 representative and (now) litigation friend”
Family tragedy and institutional delay in best interests decisions about life-prolonging treatment
By Celia Kitzinger and Jenny Kitzinger, 9th April 2024 The judgment has subsequently been published here: NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board v PC & Ors [2024] EWCOP 31 (T3) In July 2020, a woman identified in the judgment as “PC”, collapsed at home with a cardiac arrest. This was totally unexpected: she was otherwise fit andContinue reading “Family tragedy and institutional delay in best interests decisions about life-prolonging treatment”
“The immediate steps in the aftermath of that judgment”: Increasing concerns, a TZ care plan, and judicial continuity
by Daniel Clark, 8th April 2024 In a recent published judgment, it was found that EE has capacity to make decisions about sex and contraception ([2024] EWCOP 5). Her decisions may possibly be unwise ones (she’s said she wants to have a baby) but as the judge put it “however strong is the impulse to protect, the folliesContinue reading ““The immediate steps in the aftermath of that judgment”: Increasing concerns, a TZ care plan, and judicial continuity”
“ I want to go home” – catching up with GNK 13 months later for the final hearing
By Celia Kitzinger, 27th March 2024 More than a year ago, back in November 2022, assistant psychologist Catalia Griffiths watched and then blogged about a (remote) hearing before Deputy District Judge Reeder concerning a woman in her 50s who was in hospital with Huntington’s disease. The title of the blog post she wrote, reflects whatContinue reading ““ I want to go home” – catching up with GNK 13 months later for the final hearing”
When P stops eating and drinking
By Ian Brownhill, 26th March 2024 This is not a blog about anorexia, withdrawal of artificial/clinically assisted feeding, nor is it a blog post about the ethics of voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED). Rather, it is an attempt to explain the circumstances in which the Court of Protection might become involved in a caseContinue reading “When P stops eating and drinking”
Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection 