Celia Kitzinger

@kitzingercelia.bsky.social

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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! .. more

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Celia Kitzinger and Sue Wilkinson are a British lesbian couple who unsuccessfully sued to have their relationship recognised as a marriage in England. Both are university professors--Kitzinger in psychology and Wilkinson in gender studies--and they have published four books together. .. more

Psychology 44%

Communication & Media Studies 18%

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Open Justice Court of Protection Project @openjusticecop.bsky.social · 22h

New blog post by @kitzingercelia.bsky.social

Successful application to disapply Section 12(1) of the Administration of Justice Act: Making Polly’s statutory will application public

openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2026/01/18/s...

Successful application to disapply Section 12(1) of the Administration of Justice Act: Making Polly’s statutory will application public

If Polly had been through her car crash and hospital treatment and recovered sufficiently to analyse and present what had happened to her, then we believe she would have told her own story publicly…

openjusticecourtofprotection.org

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Andy Lane @andylane07.bsky.social · 2d

Stop referencing fake case citations, judges warned

www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/stop-re...

Stop referencing fake case citations, judges warned

Practice risks embedding bogus 'authorities' as precedents, creating a growing body of misinformation.

www.lawgazette.co.uk

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 5d

Sarah’s fundraiser here gofund.me/370155498
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Celia Kitzinger @kitzingercelia.bsky.social · 6d

I'm told this was a listing error after all.

Open Justice Court of Protection Project @openjusticecop.bsky.social · 6d

There's a private hearing today in Pontypridd County Court. Someone is being deprived of their liberty - on the application (I think) of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.

Following recent experiences in Wales, I'm concerned about private hearings there + will ask to observe.

Tuesday, 13 January 2026

Before DJ Barcello

Gerbron Ei Anrhydedd Y Barnwr Barcello

Amser Cychwyn/ Start Time

Manylion yr Achos / Case Details

3pm

20024149 RCTCBC ~ RT Authorising A deprivation Of Liberty (In Relation To E.G Care And Residence Arrangements) / Awdurdodi Amddifadu O Ryddid (Yng Nghyswllt E.E Trefniadau Gofal A Phreswylio)

T/E 1hr PRIVATE HEARING NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC

Mae mynediad at gyfiawnder yn egwyddor hanfodol yn system y llysoedd a'r tribiwnlysoedd, a bydd hyn yn parhau wrth i ni ddatblygu technoleg sain a fideo.

Nid yw Gwrandawiadau Datrys Anghydfod yn wrandawiadau a fynychir at ddibenion Cyfarwyddyd Ymarfer 4C. Dylid cyflwyno ceisiadau i arsylwi gwrandawiadau eraill (gan gynnwys y rhai hynny a nodir fel 'preifat o bell') i:

CardiffCOP@Justice.gov.uk 0292 037 6486

Celia Kitzinger @kitzingercelia.bsky.social · 6d

So now I've been told (a) it's been vacated; and (b) - on further enquiry - that it was wrongly listed and was not intended to be held "in private".

So, with apologies to @hmctsgovuk.bsky.social staff whose time this consumes - that's why I'll keep asking about "private" hearings.

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Open Justice Court of Protection Project @openjusticecop.bsky.social · 6d

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Russell Sandberg @sandbergrlaw.bsky.social · 6d

Evidence of the need for marriage law reform in England and Wales where humanists cannot conduct legally binding marriages ⬇️

Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 6d

It’s official! There have now been 5,000 legally recognised humanist marriages in Northern Ireland since their introduction in 2018. What a wonderful milestone! humanists.uk/2026/01/13/n...