
claire martin
@DocCMartin
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NHS psychologist with older people. @Assoc_CAT therapist. @OpenJusticeCoP core member. Knits. Views can never truly be your ‘own’, can they? Rtw =\= endorsement
North East, England
Joined August 2012
RT @OpenJusticeCoP: Lieven J grapples with cuckooing and the effect of a DOL order via @OpenJusticeCoP.
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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 dw…
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RT @OpenJusticeCoP: "I'm very unconvinced as a point of principle that depriving someone of their liberty to force them to undergo therapy….
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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 dw…
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RT @KitzingerCelia: I'm looking forward to meeting people interested in observing Court of Protection hearings and sharing the joys and cha….
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RT @KitzingerCelia: Most striking revelation here is that *judges* are trying to be transparent + disclose court docs to observers, and the….
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RT @AmandaAPHill: “The problems are systemic as the whole justice system seems to be unravelling without sufficient staff or resourcing.”.A….
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RT @OpenJusticeCoP: Timely and effective access to the court: Four case studies with judges struggling to deliver on transparency.By @DocC….
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By Claire Martin, 25th August 2025 Transparency and open justice are principles at the heart of our justice system. Last year, the Lady Chief Justice created a Transparency and Open Justice B…
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RT @WDIAfghanistan: 🚨We believe and see that opponents of women's rights have reported our page in an attempt to silence the voices of Afgh….
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RT @ClareFuller17: These are superb learning opportunities - highly recommended. Observing a hearing could be an innovative & valuable refl….
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RT @AmandaAPHill: Sorry I can’t co- host this with @DocCMartin anymore. But the brilliant news is that @KitzingerCelia is the new co-host.….
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RT @KitzingerCelia: Well, that was a frantic day in the life of a court observer!. Please, lawyers and judges, don't underestimate the chal….
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By Celia Kitzinger, 29th July 2025 The aim of this blog is to promote a more realistic understanding, both for would-be observers and for court staff, lawyers and judges, of what it takes to observ…
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RT @OpenJusticeCoP: Commentary on Re YD (Refusal of Withdrawal of Treatment) [2025] EWCOP 31 (T3) .By @JennyKitzinger . .
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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…
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RT @MrPitbull07: *One month before her 95th birthday, Patricia Routledge wrote something that still gently echoes:*. **“I’ll be turning 95….
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RT @BarbaraRich_law: There’s a very detailed and well-informed blog on the hearing in this case by @JennyKitzinger. It’s essential reading….
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RT @AmandaAPHill: A father is happy that the mother of his daughter is going to prison, even though it means his daughter will go into fost….
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By Celia Kitzinger, 14th August 2025 A mother who refused to obey court orders was sentenced to 28 days in prison, and her pre-teenage daughter was to be taken into foster care, in a case I watched…
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RT @OpenJusticeCoP: The problem with Motability Hire Agreements: A Deputy’s concerns in the COP . By @AmandaAPHill. #NotSecretCourt. https:….
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By Amanda Hill, 11th August 2025 Working like clockwork. This implies each small part moves in precise harmony to keep the larger system functioning. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the state was like …
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RT @AmandaAPHill: If you are a deputy or attorney for a person who has a Motability car, please read this blog. It highlights a risk to you….
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By Amanda Hill, 11th August 2025 Working like clockwork. This implies each small part moves in precise harmony to keep the larger system functioning. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the state was like …
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Wow. I wondered whether the judge ('2years'!) made Deborah feel like K in The Trial "As K. navigates a labyrinthine network of bureaucratic traps—a dark parody of the legal system—he keeps doing things that make him look guilty."
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By Amanda Hill, 11th August 2025 Working like clockwork. This implies each small part moves in precise harmony to keep the larger system functioning. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the state was like …
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There must be a better way than to put families and protected people through this. 23 visits from 16 officials to determine that Joe's mum was doing OK where she was.
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By Sandra and Joe Preston, 7th August 2025 In February 2025, we found ourselves stepping into the Court of Protection for the very first time, as relatives of a Protected Party (P). We return…
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