Court of protection

Judgments of the Court of Protection should be given in open court, suitably anonymised to protect the parties. That was because (i) such judgments should be in the public domain; and (ii) to assist others who may be faced with a similar dilemma. Accordingly judgment in the instant case, concerning proceedings brought in the Court of Protection and instituted by an NHS Foundation Trust against a patient (by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) designed to ensure that the patient underwent necessary surgery, was handed down in open court.