Tag Archives: Open Justice

Addressing the Oral Judgment to the Person it Most Concerns

By Celia Kitzinger, 3rd August, 2020 Something exceptional happened in a hearing I observed last week.  A judge – it was Mr Justice Cobb – delivered an oral judgment directly to the young woman at the centre of the case, addressing her by name. This was the 53rd hearing I have observed in the CourtContinue reading “Addressing the Oral Judgment to the Person it Most Concerns”

A Basic Guide to the Court of Protection

“… there is a difference between open justice and comprehensible justice. It is one thing for people to be able to come to court (whether in person or, at present, largely remotely) and another for them to be able to follow what is going on there…”

British Sign Language Interpretation in the Court of Protection

“Deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL) are entitled to an interpreter in court. But what does an interpreter do? What don’t they do? Who needs an interpreter and who does the job?…”

Till death do us depart…

“I said when I married you… I said till death do us depart, I said and that’s the way I want it because at the end of the day we shouldn’t have other people interfering and stopping us from having that privilege and that’s what I’d like…”

Seven Perspectives on a Court of Protection hearing

“…Rather than separate blogs, some of us decided to write down our individual observations and put them together in a single blog post, not least because it illustrates the different perspectives people from a range of different backgrounds bring – and hence the diversity of things they “see” – when observing the same case…”

Embedding Open Justice Through a University Law Clinic

“…I hope that readers of this blog will enjoy some posts from our students over the coming weeks, and that their contributions will further highlight the wide range of experiences of remote hearings…”

Making Transparency a Reality in the Court of Protection: A Rallying Call for Autistic Pride Day 2020

By Gill Loomes-Quinn – 18th June, 2020 Today is Autistic Pride Day. It is the fifteenth time June 18th has marked the celebration since it was inaugurated by the campaign and solidarity group Aspies for Freedom in 2005, and subsequently taken up and developed both on- and offline by the autistic rights movement globally. AsContinue reading “Making Transparency a Reality in the Court of Protection: A Rallying Call for Autistic Pride Day 2020”

Seeing, Hearing and Understanding Justice Being Done

“I think I was left with more questions after the hearing had concluded than before it had begun. I could see justice being done. I could hear justice being done. But, hand on heart, I can’t say I fully understood the justice being done. The steps being made towards transparency in justice are very positive but there’s still some way to go.”