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...
by Julie D | Sep 5, 2016 | Comment, Transparency News
In July last year, we wrote a post about developments since the Leveson report (published in 2012). At that time, we had understood that some legal changes were due in November, but in fact the relevant sections (of the Crime and Courts Act 2013) have not yet taken...
by Julie D | Jun 17, 2016 | Cases, Explanation
An adoption order made by a court in England and Wales is normally irreversible, once the time limits for appeal have passed. This premise will be under scrutiny in October, when a re-hearing of an earlier fact-finding family court decision is scheduled. In a case...
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