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By Maria Maier, 13th May 2026 I attended my first ever Court of Protection hearing (Case 20033278) on Monday 11th of May 2026. Listed for…
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Anorexia, declaratory protection and the Mental Health Act: Ventilating a jurisdictional question following Townsend
Given the likelihood of an upcoming Supreme Court hearing, it may be that Townsend provides a very slender thread on which to base the Trust’s…
Fit for discharge and still in hospital five months later due to delay with eating and drinking plan
There’ s a deceptively simple solution to enable P to leave hospital – the development of an eating and drinking plan – but a complex…
Judge refuses to make Civil Restraint Order against P’s father
By Celia Kitzinger, 30th March 2026 A Court of Protection judge has refused an application from South Tyneside Council to make a Civil Restraint Order…
“Open Justice is not open sesame” Court of Appeal told in court document disclosure case
According to the appellant, an “urban myth” had developed about the application of the ‘open justice’ principle to Court of Protection hearings. Flowing from that…
Court of Appeal to decide whether open justice applies to the Court of Protection: Briefing for CA-2025-001953 Re Gardner
In this ‘advance briefing’, I will set out the relevant background and a short summary of the arguments of the appellant and the intervenors. I…