Celia Kitzinger
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Promoting #OpenJustice in the Court of Protection #NotSecretCourt
Check out our website: openjusticecourtofprotection.org
Also all things Lake District + Cumbria including hiking, literature, & other stuff that interests me!
Check out our website: openjusticecourtofprotection.org
Also all things Lake District + Cumbria including hiking, literature, & other stuff that interests me!
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Yesterday's walk involved deer sightings and the eerie sound of the roaring of rutting stags - and also the summit of Angletarn Pike, our 112th (post-surgery) Wainwright
Public observers disillusioned and dismayed by what they see in the Supreme Court. Not what judges hope for from open justice!
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November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Public observers disillusioned and dismayed by what they see in the Supreme Court. Not what judges hope for from open justice!
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/11/10/w...
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/11/10/w...
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Open justice is supposed to enhance public trust + confidence in the justice system - but in this case it had the opposite effect.
What does the Supreme Court need to do differently to make sure COP observers have a better experience next time?
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/11/10/w...
What does the Supreme Court need to do differently to make sure COP observers have a better experience next time?
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/11/10/w...
When open justice undermines public confidence: Scrutinising the Supreme Court
Justice is not a cloistered virtue; she must be allowed to suffer the scrutiny and respectful, even though outspoken, comments of ordinary men
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November 11, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Open justice is supposed to enhance public trust + confidence in the justice system - but in this case it had the opposite effect.
What does the Supreme Court need to do differently to make sure COP observers have a better experience next time?
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/11/10/w...
What does the Supreme Court need to do differently to make sure COP observers have a better experience next time?
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/11/10/w...
This is what I'll be doing later today. Why not join us? It's not too late! Send an email to openjustice@yahoo.com and we'll send you the link. All welcome.
Why not observe a hearing in the Court of Protection and learn more about the challenges faced by judges, lawyers, families and P when decision-making capacity is deemed lost. We tell you how to find a hearing, how to log on and what to expect. And we have a "buddy" system if you want support.
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
This is what I'll be doing later today. Why not join us? It's not too late! Send an email to openjustice@yahoo.com and we'll send you the link. All welcome.
Reposted by Celia Kitzinger
Why not observe a hearing in the Court of Protection and learn more about the challenges faced by judges, lawyers, families and P when decision-making capacity is deemed lost. We tell you how to find a hearing, how to log on and what to expect. And we have a "buddy" system if you want support.
October 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Why not observe a hearing in the Court of Protection and learn more about the challenges faced by judges, lawyers, families and P when decision-making capacity is deemed lost. We tell you how to find a hearing, how to log on and what to expect. And we have a "buddy" system if you want support.
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Given current watery conditions here in Cumbria, I'm enjoying Hardwicke Rawnsley's account of the Keswick floods of 25 Oct 1888: '...when it siles down reet gaily, every road becomes a sike, and every sike a beck, and every beck a river'. Apparently the sexton of Crosthwaite church was undeterred:
November 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Given current watery conditions here in Cumbria, I'm enjoying Hardwicke Rawnsley's account of the Keswick floods of 25 Oct 1888: '...when it siles down reet gaily, every road becomes a sike, and every sike a beck, and every beck a river'. Apparently the sexton of Crosthwaite church was undeterred:
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Lady Rose's James Wood Lecture, delivered at the University of Glasgow yesterday: supremecourt.uk/uploads/spee...
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Lady Rose's James Wood Lecture, delivered at the University of Glasgow yesterday: supremecourt.uk/uploads/spee...
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The utter disgrace of this.
Nearly 150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Nearly 150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Nearly 150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year
Older people left in their own excrement and wet beds for hours and forced to watch others die, Age UK report finds
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The utter disgrace of this.
Nearly 150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Nearly 150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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29 miles this week - and that takes me over the #nhs1000miles goal (the earliest in the year I've ever met it)! My YTD is now 1021 boots-on hiking miles.
Pics are from mid-week in Martindale with the Skiddaw U3A Roamers. The ethereal blue is Angle Tarn.
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Pics are from mid-week in Martindale with the Skiddaw U3A Roamers. The ethereal blue is Angle Tarn.
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
29 miles this week - and that takes me over the #nhs1000miles goal (the earliest in the year I've ever met it)! My YTD is now 1021 boots-on hiking miles.
Pics are from mid-week in Martindale with the Skiddaw U3A Roamers. The ethereal blue is Angle Tarn.
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Pics are from mid-week in Martindale with the Skiddaw U3A Roamers. The ethereal blue is Angle Tarn.
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
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Deer-stalking in Martindale with the Roamers again today (other side of the valley from 2 weeks ago). Just as spectacular: the rut is still in full swing! Highlight was seeing this stag rolling in a wallow ... @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Deer-stalking in Martindale with the Roamers again today (other side of the valley from 2 weeks ago). Just as spectacular: the rut is still in full swing! Highlight was seeing this stag rolling in a wallow ... @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
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Day 2 of the Supreme Court Hearing reconsidering Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Tuesday 21st October
See our website for a summary of Day 1 and details of how to follow on the livestream:
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
See our website for a summary of Day 1 and details of how to follow on the livestream:
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection
Post by @OpenJusticeCoP.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Day 2 of the Supreme Court Hearing reconsidering Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Tuesday 21st October
See our website for a summary of Day 1 and details of how to follow on the livestream:
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
See our website for a summary of Day 1 and details of how to follow on the livestream:
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
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Added 32 more boots-on hiking miles for #nhs1000miles this week. Highlights were THOSE #LakeDistrict inversions at the beginning of the week. (They lasted into Thursday for those who got high enough to be above the gradually-rising cloud layer.) Can't resist 4 (more) pix! @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Added 32 more boots-on hiking miles for #nhs1000miles this week. Highlights were THOSE #LakeDistrict inversions at the beginning of the week. (They lasted into Thursday for those who got high enough to be above the gradually-rising cloud layer.) Can't resist 4 (more) pix! @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
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In London for a celebration. The Mary Beale arboretum looked gorgeous in the rain ... @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
In London for a celebration. The Mary Beale arboretum looked gorgeous in the rain ... @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
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Being there as Luba MacPherson was taken away to prison is an experience I won’t ever forget. Read about the hearing in this new blog by me and @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
New blog post
Serving a prison sentence for contempt of court: Luba Macpherson
Covers Court of Appeal + a subsequent hearing which Luba attended from prison, and there's another hearing (before DJ Temple, Newcastle) listed for after her release.
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/10/15/s...
Serving a prison sentence for contempt of court: Luba Macpherson
Covers Court of Appeal + a subsequent hearing which Luba attended from prison, and there's another hearing (before DJ Temple, Newcastle) listed for after her release.
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/10/15/s...
Serving a prison sentence for contempt of court: Luba Macpherson
The Court of Appeal was (again) displaying to others who might be tempted to flout court orders that it would not hesitate to exact punishment.
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Being there as Luba MacPherson was taken away to prison is an experience I won’t ever forget. Read about the hearing in this new blog by me and @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Reposted by Celia Kitzinger
Police spied on Stephen Lawrence's grieving family, inquiry told
Police spied on Stephen Lawrence's grieving family, inquiry told
The undercover policing inquiry heard the Met began surveillance of the Lawrences after their son's murder.
www.bbc.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Police spied on Stephen Lawrence's grieving family, inquiry told
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Inversion cloud layer between Skiddaw and Blencathra - video taken from the Skiddaw summit plateau at lunchtime today #LakeDistrict @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Inversion cloud layer between Skiddaw and Blencathra - video taken from the Skiddaw summit plateau at lunchtime today #LakeDistrict @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
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30 more hiking miles for #nhs1000miles this week. Today - back o'Skiddaw - was all about cloud inversions #LakeDistrict
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@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
30 more hiking miles for #nhs1000miles this week. Today - back o'Skiddaw - was all about cloud inversions #LakeDistrict
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
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The second in our series of blogs about the upcoming Supreme Court hearing concerning DOLS and Northern Ireland.
"Cheshire West revisited"
By @thesmallplaces.bsky.social
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/10/09/c...
"Cheshire West revisited"
By @thesmallplaces.bsky.social
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/10/09/c...
Cheshire West Revisited
By Lucy Series, 9th October 2025 Note: On 20th October 2025, the Supreme Court will be asked to re-visit the question of how to understand a deprivation of liberty. You can read about the backgroun…
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October 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The second in our series of blogs about the upcoming Supreme Court hearing concerning DOLS and Northern Ireland.
"Cheshire West revisited"
By @thesmallplaces.bsky.social
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/10/09/c...
"Cheshire West revisited"
By @thesmallplaces.bsky.social
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/10/09/c...
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Hoping for an inversion on Skiddaw this morning - but didn't quite happen ...
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Hoping for an inversion on Skiddaw this morning - but didn't quite happen ...
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Back o Blencathra with sun, swirling mist, and curlews
October 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Back o Blencathra with sun, swirling mist, and curlews
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Excellent explainer of the upcoming case
On October 2025, the UK Supreme Court will be asked to re-consider its judgment in a case commonly referred to as "Cheshire West".
In this blog, @clarkdaniel.bsky.social explains the background to the case.
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/10/07/r...
In this blog, @clarkdaniel.bsky.social explains the background to the case.
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/10/07/r...
Reconsidering Cheshire West in the Supreme Court: Is a gilded cage still a cage?
Even when P says they’re happy with their residence, and that they do not want to leave, and welcome the fact that the doors are kept locked, this still amounts to a deprivation of liberty. I…
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
October 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Excellent explainer of the upcoming case
On October 2025, the UK Supreme Court will be asked to re-consider its judgment in a case commonly referred to as "Cheshire West".
In this blog, @clarkdaniel.bsky.social explains the background to the case.
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/10/07/r...
In this blog, @clarkdaniel.bsky.social explains the background to the case.
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/10/07/r...
Reconsidering Cheshire West in the Supreme Court: Is a gilded cage still a cage?
Even when P says they’re happy with their residence, and that they do not want to leave, and welcome the fact that the doors are kept locked, this still amounts to a deprivation of liberty. I…
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
October 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
On October 2025, the UK Supreme Court will be asked to re-consider its judgment in a case commonly referred to as "Cheshire West".
In this blog, @clarkdaniel.bsky.social explains the background to the case.
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/10/07/r...
In this blog, @clarkdaniel.bsky.social explains the background to the case.
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/10/07/r...
Yesterday's walk involved deer sightings and the eerie sound of the roaring of rutting stags - and also the summit of Angletarn Pike, our 112th (post-surgery) Wainwright
October 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Yesterday's walk involved deer sightings and the eerie sound of the roaring of rutting stags - and also the summit of Angletarn Pike, our 112th (post-surgery) Wainwright
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Out with the Roamers today, to see/hear the red deer rut in Martindale.
Thanks Lena for leading a great walk!
Thanks Lena for leading a great walk!
October 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Out with the Roamers today, to see/hear the red deer rut in Martindale.
Thanks Lena for leading a great walk!
Thanks Lena for leading a great walk!
Reposted by Celia Kitzinger
Thing is, if you’re a lawyer and a Tory - maybe you’re even a Tory peer - and you fail to speak out very clearly and publicly against this stuff, you’re signalling for all to see that you’re at best comfortable with fascism and the destruction of the rule of law
We've already seen judges and lawyers being targeted as "enemies of the people". This increases risk of threats/attacks, while undermining judiciary as a whole. Couple it with Tory plans to scrap immigration tribunals and legal aid for people seeking asylum and it shows utter contempt for the law.
October 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Thing is, if you’re a lawyer and a Tory - maybe you’re even a Tory peer - and you fail to speak out very clearly and publicly against this stuff, you’re signalling for all to see that you’re at best comfortable with fascism and the destruction of the rule of law