by Julie Doughty | Jun 6, 2019 | Cases, Explanation
You can tell this was likely to be an important case because there are five ‘interverners’ – organisations that have an interest, in principle, in the outcome – in this particular case, from a human rights and children’s rights perspective. The applicants were two...
by Julie Doughty | Mar 3, 2019 | Transparency News
We are very pleased to announce that Clifford Bellamy, who retired as the Designated Family Judge for Derby last month, has agreed to act as a patron of The Transparency Project*. We were sorry when we learned of Judge Bellamy’s imminent retirement, as he has been an...
by Julie Doughty | Jan 14, 2019 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Earlier this month, I had my first opportunity to attend the Family Court under the legal blogging pilot, Practice Direction 36J. I’d had some correspondence with the judges in the court nearest to me, Cardiff (which hears cases from numerous local authority areas in...
by Julie Doughty | Jan 3, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This question was asked by Lord Justice Peter Jackson in a judgment reported last month, Re F (A Child: Placement Order: Proportionality) [2018] EWCA Civ 2761 The risk here was of future significant harm and the remedy was a closed adoption. However, this...
by Julie Doughty | Dec 12, 2018 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Transparency News
Family Law publishes a regular column by The Transparency Project. This blog post originally appeared in the November 2018 issue, [2018] Fam Law 1465. THE NEW PILOT SCHEME FROM OCTOBER 2018 We are very pleased with the outcome of our application to the Family...
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