by Julie D | Mar 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
This report was published this week on behalf of a group chaired by two High Court judges, Mr Justice Hayden and Ms Justice Russell. What does it have to do with transparency? Well, this (paragraph 34): ‘The need for greater transparency has been a leitmotif of recent...
by Julie D | Feb 8, 2015 | Cases
This is an updated version of the original post last week which disappeared during a period of site maintenance. We were rather surprised by this story in the Daily Mail last week which consisted of a perfectly reasonable selection of quotations from a Court of Appeal...
by Julie D | Jan 13, 2015 | Transparency News
Community Care has published this story about social workers’ fears of being named in the media. This reminds us that it’s not just children who worry about this prospect, but also professionals. The article is sponsored by Unison, the trade union, on behalf of their...
by Julie D | Jan 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
More news on campaigning for children’s privacy, as the Weller case goes to the Supreme Court. Hannah Weller has started a campaign to stop the media publishing photographs of children without parents’ consent. I thought JK Rowling had already established...
by Julie D | Jan 4, 2015 | Resources
Family_Policy_Briefing_5 Here is a link to a policy briefing written in 2009 by Julia Brophy and Ceridwen Roberts (University of Oxford) which compares the law relating to access to family courts in a number of jurisdictions (Australia, Canada, New Zealand and...
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