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Claire Martin

@doccmartin.bsky.social

NHS psychologist with older people. @Assoc_CAT therapist. @OpenJusticeCoP core member. Knits. Views can never truly be your ‘own’, can they? Rtw =\= endorsement

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Claire Martin@doccmartin.bsky.social · 8mo ago

"I don’t think the judges, lawyers or public bodies involved have any idea of the impact it has had & is still having" An excellent blog by my colleague @amandaaphill.bsky.social openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2026/02/12/h...

How to vary the duration of a Transparency Order from “until further order of the court” to “until the death of P”: My family’s Court of Protection story continued

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…

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Open Justice Court of Protection Project@openjusticecop.bsky.social · 2y ago

New blog post by Daniel Clark @clarkdaniel.bsky.social and Claire Martin @doccmartin.bsky.social (with commentary by Lucy Series @thesmallplaces.bsky.social) openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/02/27/a...

A young man failed by NHS South West London ICB and the London Borough of Wandsworth

Working in the health service, I often hear families’ concerns or reasonable complaints framed as them being ‘anxious’ about their loved one’s care. I think it can be a manoeuvre to delegitimise th…

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Shaun Lintern@shaunlintern.bsky.social · 2y ago

It can now be revealed that a review by the Crown Prosecution Service found 12 members of NHS staff — 2 doctors, 9 nurses and 1 pharmacist — all failed in their duty of care to Laura Higginson. But the CPS concluded it did not meet the threshold for prosecution.

Shaun Lintern@shaunlintern.bsky.social · 2y ago

Every day last week I attended the inquest into the death of 30-year-old Laura Higginson. It has taken her husband Antony 7.5 years, 4 coroners & £80k to expose how she was repeatedly overdosed with paracetamol by NHS staff. The inquest was jaw dropping. Read: www.thetimes.com/article/22ec...

Claire Martin@doccmartin.bsky.social · 2y ago

"Mother was subjected to a Deprivation of Liberties, that deprived her of her love of freedom & her love of family, in short,her love of life." Harrowing, raw testimony on the impact of 'safeguarding':all health, social & COP professionals should read openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/12/01/b...

“Bureaucracy blots out the sun”: Telling Ella Lung’s story

Ella Lung, suffering from dementia, was deprived of her freedom in a care home for over two years. Her son, Richard, documented her distress and their experiences through fourteen journals. Despite…

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Amanda Hill@amandaaphill.bsky.social · 2y ago

A finely balanced decision for the judge to make. P said during this hearing ‘if you can see in your hearts to see where I’m coming from’. I wonder what the judge decided. @kitzingercelia.bsky.social

Celia Kitzinger@kitzingercelia.bsky.social · 2y ago

On not allowing the tail of welfare to wag the dog of capacity - differing professional views on whether P has capacity for decisions on residence when it's likely his decisions will result in being street-homeless. By @amandaaphill.bsky.social openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/08/30/a...

Daniel Clark@clarkdaniel.bsky.social · 2y ago

This article speaks to what's missed when we think about healthcare in purely distributive terms. No, we shouldn't ration treatment or tests on the grounds of age. But we do need to ask: should we do this? When does attempting to help become harmful? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In your final years, do you want your doctor to talk to you about death? Here’s how it can help | Kathryn Mannix

Working in palliative care, I’ve seen too many dying people subjected to invasive treatment in place of frank conversations, says retired palliative care doctor Kathryn Mannix

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Celia Kitzinger@kitzingercelia.bsky.social · 2y ago

New blog post - hot off the press - on judicial error. An expensive , time-consuming one that had to be corrected by members of the public. Not a good look for #openjustice openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/08/22/p...

Prohibition on identifying Public Guardian is “mistake not conspiracy”, says Judge

By Celia Kitzinger and Georgina Baidoun, 21st August 2024 On 1st February 2024 a member of the public, Georgina Baidoun, observed a hearing concerning an application by the Public Guardian to discharg...

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Celia Kitzinger@kitzingercelia.bsky.social · 2y ago

My new blog post on "What to do if the Transparency Order prevents you from naming a public body" #openjustice openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/08/27/w...

What to do if the Transparency Order prevents you from naming a public body

By Celia Kitzinger, 27th August 2024 It’s probably safe to assume – unless you’re told otherwise – that if a Transparency Order prevents you from naming a public body, it’s a mistake. That’s been true...

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Daniel Clark@clarkdaniel.bsky.social · 2y ago

This is an incisive (as ever) blog by @doccmartin.bsky.social This sad case raises serious questions about state interference in people's lives, and what society expects a "normal" relationship to be openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/08/18/t...

Tangled webs, ‘enmeshment’, and breakdown of trust: Re A: (Covert medication: Closed Proceedings) – an implementation hearing

By Claire Martin, 18 August 2024 This case (COP 13236134) has been in the Court of Protection since 2018.  The protected party (A) is a 25-year-old woman, who has been living in a care home under a Co...

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Celia Kitzinger@kitzingercelia.bsky.social · 2y ago

This Court of Protection case involved CLOSED hearings (family were excluded + not told they were taking place) & COVERT MEDICATION (she refused meds so care home put them in her food). By @doccmartin.bsky.social We've been following it since 2020 openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/08/18/t...

Tangled webs, ‘enmeshment’, and breakdown of trust: Re A: (Covert medication: Closed Proceedings) – an implementation hearing

By Claire Martin, 18 August 2024 This case (COP 13236134) has been in the Court of Protection since 2018.  The protected party (A) is a 25-year-old woman, who has been living in a care home under a Co...

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Celia Kitzinger@kitzingercelia.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here's a new blog post by one of the Open Justice Court of Protection (COP) core team - Daniel Clark. He reflects on a recusal hearing. I'll be posting these blog posts regularly on here now, hoping to inspire others to observe COP hearings. openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/08/13/m...

Marking one’s own homework: A “fair-minded observer’s” view of a recusal refusal

by Daniel Clark, 13th August 2024 What can a party do if they feel that, during the course of a hearing, they were “silenced and bullied and berated” by the judge? What happens if a litigant in person...

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Celia Kitzinger@kitzingercelia.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hita Jadeja is a solicitor with a background in commercial dispute resolution. She watched a Court of Protection hearing (in the RCJ) and describes her experience of #openjustice here. openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/08/14/d...

Directions Hearing for a Life Sustaining Treatment Case

By Hita Jadeja, 14th August 2024 On 31 July 2024 I observed a hearing (COP 20000664) before Mrs Justice Theis sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice.   An NHS Trust (‘the Trust’) has made an applicati...

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Daniel Clark@clarkdaniel.bsky.social · 2y ago

A few weeks ago I observed a recusal application in the Court of Protection. I found it strange that it's common practice for a judge alleged to be biased to consider whether there's any merit in the allegation. So I wrote about that in this blog openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/08/13/m...

Marking one’s own homework: A “fair-minded observer’s” view of a recusal refusal

by Daniel Clark, 13th August 2024 What can a party do if they feel that, during the course of a hearing, they were “silenced and bullied and berated” by the judge? What happens if a litigant in person...

openjusticecourtofprotection.org