Public tribunal hearings

In England, all hearings must be held in private unless the Tribunal considers that it is in the interests of justice for the hearing to be held in public (Tribunal rule 38). The Upper Tribunal has considered the approach to be adopted by the tribunal in deciding whether to hold a public hearing in AH v West London MH NHS Trust [2010] UKUT 264 (AAC), AH v West London MH NHS Trust [2011] UKUT 74 (AAC), and more recently in AR v West London NHS Trust [2020] UKUT 273 (AAC).

In Wales, except where a patient requests a hearing in public and the Tribunal is satisfied that that would be in the interests of the patient, all hearings must be held in private (Welsh Tribunal rule 25).

The following are public tribunal hearings which are known or believed to have happened:

  • Jared Britton, 2013 — An announcement about the public hearing is at Re Jared Britton [2013] MHLO 146 (FTT). There seems to be no mention of this anywhere so maybe the press were not informed on time.


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