By Celia Kitzinger, 17th August 2020 There are various ways for you to find a hearing to observe, if you are interested in seeing law in action in the Court of Protection. Obviously, you can simply pick one of our “Featured Hearings” from the home page of our website: we update them every evening forContinue reading “How to Find a Court of Protection Hearing to Observe”
Tag Archives: Open Justice
Bearing Witness: Anorexia Nervosa and NG Feeding
“Yesterday I bore witness. I cannot think of an opening statement to articulate the experience better…”
From Prison in Ireland to Care Home in England
“…This case expanded my personal knowledge of…how vulnerable adults from other jurisdictions can be treated under the provisions of the MCA…”
Accessing Open Justice: Our Experience
“…Overall, we encourage anyone with an interest in open justice (which should be everyone), including students, or aspiring lawyers, to utilise this great project and raise awareness of just how open, open justice can be…”
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…”
Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection 