By Amanda Hill, 12th February 2026 I am the daughter of a protected party in the Court of Protection. I can say that because at a hearing in March 2025, HHJ Murch approved my application to vary th…

“What about somebody who is so demented they’re effectively catatonic. Just spend the day in front of a television set. Is that person- In what sense does that person have any liberty which she can…

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 …

By Jenny Kitzinger, 8th August 2025 12th August 2025: The judgment has just been published (click on the case name): The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v YD & Others (Refusal of With…

By Jenny Kitzinger, 8th August 2025 As someone with both an academic research interest in coma and prolonged disorders of consciousness [PDoC] and with family experience in this area, I’ve watched …

By Amanda Hill, 22nd July 2025 I went to a friend’s 60th birthday party last weekend. Jane has a lot of friends from different walks of life and encouraged us to meet new people. When guests arrive…

By Amanda Hill, 22nd July 2025 I went to a friend’s 60th birthday party last weekend. Jane has a lot of friends from different walks of life and encouraged us to meet new people. When guests arrive…

By Amanda Hill, 22nd July 2025 I went to a friend’s 60th birthday party last weekend. Jane has a lot of friends from different walks of life and encouraged us to meet new people. When guests arrive…

She deserves better.

By Amanda Hill, 24th June 2024 “But in America, in my home, they are persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent. This is happening now.” (Bruce Springsteen, d…

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By Claire Martin, 23rd June 2025 I had some unexpected time on Monday 16th June 2025, so I had a look at the listings the night before, and this one caught my eye because it said ‘FINAL HEARING’, s…

A crisis in post-adoption support in England means parents feel punished rather than helped when things go wrong

If you record a meeting or conversation about your children, without people being aware you’re recording them, can you then produce and rely on that recording

TBIJ led legal bid to identify couple whose adopted children suffered emotional abuse, physical attacks and racism

By Claire Martin, 19th May 2025 In May 2024, a year ago, Amanda Hill blogged about this case: “The protected party in this case (“L”) is a man in his twenties with “significant learning disability”…

By Claire Martin, 19th May 2025 In May 2024, a year ago, Amanda Hill blogged about this case: “The protected party in this case (“L”) is a man in his twenties with “significant learning disability”…

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By Celia Kitzinger, 5th May 2025 This case (COP 20006397), heard by Mr Justice Poole sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice, centres around the authenticity, validity and applicability of a so-call…

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By Amanda Hill, 9 April 2025 Last weekend I read through the 300-page court bundle of documents associated with my mum’s Court of Protection (COP) case for the very first time in its entirety. At t…

This is a guest post by Victoria Butler Cole KC. Victoria is a barrister at 39 Essex and you can find her on Bluesky @torbc.bsky.social. The BBC recentl

The latest example has emerged of a grieving relative being convict of not keeping up with household bills

By Amanda Hill, with contribution from Tim Sugden and Celia Kitzinger, 26th March 2025 The protected party in this case, “P”, is a woman in her early twenties, with diagnoses of autism, ADHD, behav…

Sick pensioners and relatives in mourning continue to be prosecuted in the fast-track private courts