The Court of Appeal has overturned Hayden J's ruling in Re C. Care workers WOULD risk committing an offence by supporting C to access the services of sex workers/prostituted women. Here's Lord Burnett's conclusion (he wrote the main judgment).
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- We're celebrating our first birthday today. Thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout the year, and contributed to the success of the project. Happy Birthday to all of us! @kitzingercelia @GillLoomesQuinn
- This is a first - the person at the centre of the case (P) speaks out about his experience of a hearing before Hayden J in the Court of Protection. A family member provides some background.
- Do you work with the #MentalCapacity Act 2005? Want to see #LawinAction in the #NotSecretCourt of Protection? Then CHECK US OUT! We're a new project, promoting #OpenJustice and supporting Public Observers in the #TransparentCourt More info at openjusticecourtofprotection.org
- Midwives with expertise in perinatal mental health consider the judgment from Court of Protection which ordered an agoraphobic pregnant woman must have her baby in hospital - she'd wanted home birth @midwifehippie @SuzeCabrillana @keldafolliard #PNMH
- Counsel:If you're satisfied P has capacity- Judge:I don’t need to be satisfied of P's capacity. Someone needs to rebut it.I understand everyone has P’s BI at heart,but capacity is a v precious concept+these paternalistic welfare decisions can only be made if capacity is rebutted.
- Another vaccination refusal case before Hayden J - and this time he found vaccination NOT to be in the person's best interests. Astral Heaven (@AstiHeaven) explains what happened at the hearing in the #NotSecretCourt
- Three years ago today we launched what we thought was a small niche Project to promote court transparency. How it has grown! Today welcoming new Project members: @TorButlerCole @CounselTweets @AnnaJonesBrown & @DanielClark132
- She has anorexia, stopped eating + drinking, and wants to be referred to palliative care in a hospice. Her father disagrees. Does she have capacity to make her own decision? @rubyreedberendt reports from a hearing before Mostyn J in #NotSecretCourt
- "The men in both these cases claiming the legal right to sexual activity with women had recognised histories of sexual predation or violence against women." says @PankhurstEM openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2021/11/26/cap… via @OpenJusticeCoP
- Replying to @OpenJusticeCoPHere's the statement we've just published about our involvement as members of the public who observed and published a blog about the open proceedings (not having been told about the closed proceedings). openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2022/10/11/sta…
- "The public has a right to know what went wrong in this case, and how the Trust proposes to avoid anything like this happening again." say @JennyKitzinger + @KitzingerCelia
- ** Lovely (rare) in-person meeting over afternoon tea for the Open Justice Court of Protection Project team yesterday Cakes were eaten + open justice discussed Sadly, "Anna" must be faceless by court order preventing her from identifying herself as daughter of a "P" in the COP.
- *** We are absolutely delighted to have won this award. Thank you to everyone who has contributed blogs to the project, observed hearings, joined in Twitter convos. Thank you to Court of Protection lawyers + judges (+ Hive) for supporting access to the #NotSecretCourt ***Congratulations to our winners of the Mobilising Research into Action category. @KitzingerCelia and @GillLoomesQuinn created an initiative to ensure that transparency and open justice is maintained in the Court of Protection during COVID-19. #RealImpactAwards2020
