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When family members apply to become parties: A hidden and “private” (but not sinister and secret) hearing

by Guest Post | Jun 10, 2022 | Comment, Court of Protection, Transparency News

In the first of two linked guest posts, Celia Kitzinger explains the problem with the confusing and inconsistent way Court of Protection cases are currently listed, making it more difficult for public observers to attend the hearing. (This post is reproduced with...

Why are so many Court of Protection hearings labelled “PRIVATE”?

by Guest Post | Jun 10, 2022 | Comment, Court of Protection, Transparency News

This guest post by Celia Kitzinger is an APPENDIX to her post When family members apply to become parties: A hidden and “private” (but not sinister and secret) hearing Several of my previous blog posts lament the fact that so many Court of Protection hearings are...
Court hearing lists and open justice

Court hearing lists and open justice

by Paul M | May 5, 2022 | Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

A cheery post on the HM Courts and Tribunals Service blog recently announced that developers were now working on on  Making hearing lists more accessible to court and tribunal users This is long overdue. HMCTS has had court listings on its list, as it were, ever since...
The Equal Treatment Bench Book – guidance on fairness for judges

The Equal Treatment Bench Book – guidance on fairness for judges

by reporting watch team | Dec 31, 2021 | Comment, Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch, Resources

UPDATE 25.03.24: We’ve now seen that there’s a revised 2023 version here. We’ve just noticed that a revised version of this lengthy document (566 pages!) has been issued online, so we looked for any references to transparency. What we found is brief...
Authorities seeking to silence families?

Authorities seeking to silence families?

by Julie Doughty | Dec 21, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch

On 24 November, the BBC broadcast the story above. The Court of Protection (CoP) judgment, PH & Anor v Brighton And Hove City Council [2021] EWCOP 63, has now been published on BAILII. The full name of the case is: PH and RH v (1) Brighton and Hove City Council...
Discharging a party in a case – without telling them why

Discharging a party in a case – without telling them why

by Julie Doughty | Apr 22, 2021 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

This newly published judgment, Re P (Discharge of Party) [2021] EWCA Civ 512 is interesting because ‘It appears that this is the first case in which a special advocate has been instructed in the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal’ [para 5]. A special advocate is a...
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