by Julie Doughty | Oct 15, 2016 | Cases, Court of Protection
In the words of the song, the ‘secret’ Court of Protection is ‘no secret anymore’ because since January 2016, hearings are held in open court, unless the circumstances are exceptional. Applications for committal for contempt are always held in...
by Paul M | Jul 29, 2016 | Court of Protection
Although it was announced quite openly, and written about here on this blog, we suspect that the Court of Protection’s transparency pilot scheme has not actually resulted in any attendance of cases by members of the public unconnected with a case. One reason for...
by Julie Doughty | May 3, 2016 | Cases, Court of Protection, Notorious
In V v Associated Newspapers [2016] EWCOP 21, published on 25 April, Mr Justice Charles, Deputy President and Judge in Charge of the Court of Protection, uses the word ‘prurient’ several times about the press coverage of earlier judgments in the case of...
by Paul M | Apr 28, 2016 | Cases, Court of Protection
Having attended two earlier hearings in the Court of Protection under its transparency pilot scheme, described here and here, last week I paid a third visit in the hope of picking up further information about the court’s work. This time, I had heard about the case on...
by Paul M | Mar 24, 2016 | Court of Protection, Transparency News
Following my first experience of attending a Court of Protection hearing in public under the pilot scheme, described in an earlier post, I attended another case hearing last week to see how far it would follow the same pattern, and whether I could pick up some more...
by Paul M | Feb 25, 2016 | Court of Protection, Transparency News
This post follows my experience attending a Court of Protection hearing for the first time, under its new transparency pilot. The last few years have seen a gradual process of opening up the Family Courts to greater public scrutiny, partly to comply better with the...
Recent Comments