The procedural rules governing proceedings in the Court of Protection are set out in the Court of Protection Rules (‘COPR’) 2017. However, a clear distinction must be drawn between the public interest and what the public is interested in. In the present case, a public hearing that identified P would inevitably result in significant publicity to satisfy public curiosity. That would be a serious intrusion in P’s private life and that of his family. There was a very significant risk of ‘jigsaw identification’ unless the reporting restrictions (and any other measures) were so stringent as to make a public hearing meaningless.