Secret courts ‘should be opened up’: Court of Protection must be placed under public scrutiny, major legal report warns
‘The controversial and secretive Court of Protection should be opened up to public scrutiny in the interests of justice, a major legal report said yesterday.
The court, which decides the affairs of people too ill or disabled to make their own decisions, needs safeguards against miscarriages of justice, it found.
The study, produced by Cardiff University’s School of Law, after discussions among judges and lawyers, said the rules that govern the court are ‘not fit for purpose’ and called for a media presence at its hearings to be routine.
The report follows a series of scandals in which the Court of Protection has made draconian rulings out of sight of the public.’
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