by Julie D | Nov 25, 2015 | Comment, Court of Protection, Transparency News
This is a guest post by Lucy Series. An extended version of this post appears on The Small Places blog. The Court of Protection has just announced its first pilot project: on transparency. The pilot project will reverse the presumption in the Court of Protection...
by Julie D | Nov 2, 2015 | Cases, Explanation
An important judgment, Louise Tickle v the Council of the Borough of North Tyeside was published on BAILII last week. It has been reported on the UK Human Rights blog and on Inforrm. This was an application by journalist, Louise Tickle, for permission to publish...
by Julie D | Oct 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
An article published in The Guardian today reports that the political party Ukip has issued a policy that family courts should be ‘more sensitive and more open’. We have not been able to read the policy document yet so cannot comment. However, it is...
by Julie D | Oct 10, 2015 | Transparency News
You can read all about the introduction of what is to be Part 3A of the court rules here and here. We continue to be concerned about the lack of clarity in the reports, the draft rules, and generally what is intended with regard to participation of children and...
by Julie D | Sep 21, 2015 | Analysis, Cases, Comment
In a judgment published on Bailii last week, called H v A (No.2), Mr Justice MacDonald had to consider a very risky situation that had potentially arisen because of the current Family Court guidance about publishing judgments. This case illustrates an interesting...
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