Daniel Clark
@DanielClark132
PhD-er @ShefUniPolitics @WRoCAH thinking about older people and the thought of Iris Marion Young. Core group @OpenJusticeCoP.
Fifteen Top Transparency Tips for Judges Thank you to the judges who've read our "Transparency Tips" and are helping the public to understand court hearings. #OpenJustice #NotSecretCourt openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2024/10/15/fif… via @OpenJusticeCoP
This hearing hasn't been publicly listed (but staff confirm it's going ahead) and there's some serious issues with wrong TO being sent out. Is this something an Open Justice Champion could sort @HMCTSgovuk and where's the red panic button we need to get their help?
Back in court at 3pm today Hoping the public bodies (Leicestershire City Council and NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board @NHS_LLR) have sorted things now. #OpenJustice #NotSecretCourt openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/06/11/a-j… via @OpenJusticeCoP
A fab collaboration between @DanielClark132 @Eleanor_Tallon and Heather Walton, mother of a P free to talk about her CoP experiences. Different perspectives of this hearing which highlights unequal power dynamics in the courtroom. Why is the judge asking about removing a deputy?
“Perhaps the most contentious matter is the question of his social media and internet access.” But who is the decision-maker? By @DanielClark132 + @Eleanor_Tallon + Heather Walton openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/07/24/per… via @OpenJusticeCoP
On 1st September 2023, a contra mundum (against the world) super-injunction was granted to the government. At the time it was discharged, midday on Tuesday 15th July 2025, it had been in effect for a little over 22 months... courtobservers.org/2025/07/23/a-c…
It's brilliant that @AmandaAPHill is free to identify herself as a family member of a "P". This blog explains the how and why. What strikes me is just how difficult this path could be to navigate
I’m finally free to say I’m a family member of a P: Does it have to be so hard to change a Transparency Order? By @AmandaAPHill openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/07/22/im-…
It's easy to recount the theory behind open justice. Publicity is the soul of justice. It is the surest guard against probity. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. But fine words butter no parsnips - and sometimes the gap between theory and practice seems like a ravine
Wrongful arrest and a secret prison sentence: DJ Taylor (Truro) and the failure of open justice by @KitzingerCelia openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/07/20/wro… via @OpenJusticeCoP
This case (COP 13261362) is back in court before DJ Clarke at 11am on Monday 14th July 2025. You can observe in person at First Avenue House or email [email protected] to ask if a remote link will be available openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/05/16/dj-…
Any of our @sheffjournalism grads, students about to graduate or MAs interested in a PR role in #Sheffield? if so, pls drop me an email!
"It is truly distressing to see the principle of “might makes right” prevailing in so many situations today...It is troubling to see that international & humanitarian law seems no longer to be binding. This is unworthy of our humanity, shameful for all mankind" Pope Leo XIV
Strong words from the Pope on Netanyahu’s crimes & the complicity of the west: “Herod, for fear of being deposed, murdered children, who even today continue to be torn apart by bombs; Pilate washed his hands, as we risk doing every day until we arrive at the point of no return.”
A high court judge said vulnerable 10-yr-old boy could have been sent to Disney[land] Paris for a month for the same money UK council spent on “wholly inadequate” illegal children's home. Report for @tbij from @_tomwall tinyurl.com/bde9wrpm
Medical professionals - do you want to learn more about the Court of Protection? Check out our Project and take a look at our blog posts for more information. openjusticecourtofprotection.org/about/
Family members involved in Court of Protection - if you want support in changing the Transparency Order so you can speak publicly about your court experience without risking prison for contempt of court, we can help. Check us out! openjusticecourtofprotection.org/about/
It was lovely to get so much positive feedback for our birthday (now we are five!). Law students - we offer a great opportunity for you to observe hearings and blog about them (with support). Why not check us out. openjusticecourtofprotection.org/about/
Dear @HMCTS staff Thank you for all the help you've given us over the last year - sending us links for remote hearings, forwarding emails to judges, correcting listing errors, advising us on vacated hearings.... This is all vital open justice work & we're grateful!
It's our birthday - 5 years old today! Who are we and what have we achieved in the last five years? And what's next? #openjustice #notsecretcourt openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/06/15/ope…
An amazing team to be part of !
Our 5th birthday blog post - essential update on what we've been doing over the last year. Click here: openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/06/15/ope…
It's our birthday - 5 years old today! Who are we and what have we achieved in the last five years? And what's next? #openjustice #notsecretcourt openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/06/15/ope…
"It's taken a decade of battling by Alice's parents to uncover the truth about how the 22-year-old was able to take her own life in a unit where she was meant to be safe" bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
LA also said "The court may find the justification that [varying the reporting restrictions] is necessary because writing under one's own name rather than a pseudonym 'has greater impact' to be relatively weak" So much for the famous "what's in a name" argument! #OpenJustice
A shambles of a policy that will only serve to fuel intergenerational conflict. It's like a group of people plucked a number out of thin after more than a few drinks at the pub
A pension-age household of two people with a combined income of just under £70,000 will receive a winter fuel payment. This is going to become increasingly harder to justify when young adults in work who earn less receive no support at all despite having higher housing costs.
Have you registered for June's Clinical Nutrition Webinar? Upskill on Ethics & Nutrition with @KitzingerCelia, who was on the core editorial group of the British Medical Association committee that authored the national CANH. Register here: bit.ly/4jaWkai