by Julie D | Apr 12, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
An unusual case from the Court of Appeal was published on BAILII this week, LL v the Lord Chancellor [2017 EWCA Civ 237, in which a High Court judge was criticised for ‘gross and obvious irregularity’ in dealing with a father in a family hearing and, as a...
by Julie D | Mar 13, 2017 | Transparency News
Cross posted from the Child Protection Resource blog Post by Sarah Phillimore On March 9th 2017, Lord Justice McFarlane delivered the first of the Bridget Lindley OBE Memorial Lectures. He began by paying tribute to the memory of Bridget Lindley who dedicated her...
by Julie D | Jan 4, 2017 | Comment
We are hearing a lot this week about the virtues of the free press, but some journalists never seem to tire of advocating social engineering and labelling children as either demons or angels (rather than individual human beings). This blog post is about four recent...
by Julie D | Oct 15, 2016 | Cases, Court of Protection
In the words of the song, the ‘secret’ Court of Protection is ‘no secret anymore’ because since January 2016, hearings are held in open court, unless the circumstances are exceptional. Applications for committal for contempt are always held in...
by Julie D | Sep 18, 2016 | Project
Our Chair, Lucy Reed, is running the Bristol Half Marathon next Sunday to raise funds for The Transparency Project. Thanks to everyone who has donated. So far Lucy has raised a whopping £686. If you would like to sponsor Lucy, there is still time : here is...
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