In defiance of a court order and to prevent Miranda being temporarily moved out of the family home for assessment purposes, Miranda’s mother took her to Jamaica in early February 2023.| Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection
By Celia Kitzinger, 29th August 2025 Earlier this month, Sandra and Joe Preston published an account of their experience in the Court of Protection and queried whether the case about their relative’s “deprivation of liberty” was a good use of judicial time, tax-payers’ money and in the public interest. You can read their blog postContinue reading "Making it possible for families to tell their Court of Protection stories: How we got the reporting restrictions changed (while P is stil...| Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection
By Daniel Clark, 27th August 2025 This case concerns a young man with a hypoxic brain injury arising from a cardiac arrest. He is a drug user and a victim of cuckooing, (which is when a person’s dwelling is taken over without their consent for the purposes of committing or commissioning a crime). The applicantContinue reading "Lieven J grapples with cuckooing and the effect of a DOL order"| Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection
By Jenny Kitzinger, 20th August 2025 A couple of weeks ago I observed a hearing about ‘YD’, a 60-year-old man in a Prolonged Disorder of Consciousness at the lower end of the spectrum (a vegetative state). The Trust had made an application that it was in YD’s best interests to withdraw life-sustaining treatment, specifically clinicallyContinue reading "Commentary on Re YD (Refusal of Withdrawal of Treatment) [2025] EWCOP 31 (T3)"| Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection