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Can you trust the information in popular petitions?
They may look persuasive, and present the arguments for their proposed action in a punchy and compelling manner, even backed up by research or statistics. But who is fact checking these petitions? Do you check the claims before you sign? Alarmingly, as a result of a...
More Family Court judgments to be published online
New guidance (you can find it here – scroll down to the ninth item on the list) has been issued to family courts by the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, on how judgments by judges and magistrates should be safely anonymised and published on The...
Legal blogging from the magistrates – ‘live with’ and ‘spend time with’ orders
I’m taking up this report from Lucy’s of 5 May. This is our first successful legal blogging from a hearing before magistrates in the family court – which the mainstream media appear to be ignoring. Magistrates hear the less complicated cases which are unlikely to...
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More Family Court judgments to be published online
New guidance (you can find it here – scroll down to the ninth item on the list) has been issued to family courts by the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, on how judgments by judges and magistrates should be safely anonymised and published on The...
Court of Protection
Serious medical treatment – the importance of the public record
This is a guest post by Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) reproduced with his permission from the Mental Capacity Law and Policy blog. In 2014, a (relatively) very long time ago, Sir James Munby, then President of the Court of Protection, issued guidance on the publication of...
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Transparency Project team shortlisted for family law commentator of the year
We are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Lexis Nexis 'Family Law Commentator Of The Year' award. The award is for 'the commentator who the family law community consider to have provided the most useful commentary to help them in their...
How does the family court treat domestic abuse?: A ‘snapshot’ (continued – part 6)
This is a post from Sophie Smith-Holland, who tweets as @SSmithHolland. With thanks also to Alice Twaite. The question of how the family court deals with domestic abuse has had a huge amount of public and media attention recently. Concerns have been raised...
Byline Fest: discussing Truth, Trust and Transparency in the Justice System
The Transparency Project will be this year’s Byline Festival with a panel discussion and a two-part workshop. The festival takes place at Pippingford Park in Sussex over the bank holiday weekend (23 to 26 August 2019). It’s an arts and music festival with a strong...
Can you trust the information in popular petitions?
They may look persuasive, and present the arguments for their proposed action in a punchy and compelling manner, even backed up by research or statistics. But who is fact checking these petitions? Do you check the claims before you sign? Alarmingly, as a result of a...
More Family Court judgments to be published online
New guidance (you can find it here – scroll down to the ninth item on the list) has been issued to family courts by the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, on how judgments by judges and magistrates should be safely anonymised and published on The...
Court of Protection
Serious medical treatment – the importance of the public record
This is a guest post by Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) reproduced with his permission from the Mental Capacity Law and Policy blog. In 2014, a (relatively) very long time ago, Sir James Munby, then President of the Court of Protection, issued guidance on the publication of...
Donate to the project
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Transparency Project team shortlisted for family law commentator of the year
We are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Lexis Nexis 'Family Law Commentator Of The Year' award. The award is for 'the commentator who the family law community consider to have provided the most useful commentary to help them in their...
How does the family court treat domestic abuse?: A ‘snapshot’ (continued – part 6)
This is a post from Sophie Smith-Holland, who tweets as @SSmithHolland. With thanks also to Alice Twaite. The question of how the family court deals with domestic abuse has had a huge amount of public and media attention recently. Concerns have been raised...
Byline Fest: discussing Truth, Trust and Transparency in the Justice System
The Transparency Project will be this year’s Byline Festival with a panel discussion and a two-part workshop. The festival takes place at Pippingford Park in Sussex over the bank holiday weekend (23 to 26 August 2019). It’s an arts and music festival with a strong...
Can you trust the information in popular petitions?
They may look persuasive, and present the arguments for their proposed action in a punchy and compelling manner, even backed up by research or statistics. But who is fact checking these petitions? Do you check the claims before you sign? Alarmingly, as a result of a...
More Family Court judgments to be published online
New guidance (you can find it here – scroll down to the ninth item on the list) has been issued to family courts by the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, on how judgments by judges and magistrates should be safely anonymised and published on The...
Court of Protection
Serious medical treatment – the importance of the public record
This is a guest post by Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) reproduced with his permission from the Mental Capacity Law and Policy blog. In 2014, a (relatively) very long time ago, Sir James Munby, then President of the Court of Protection, issued guidance on the publication of...
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