by Julie Doughty | Dec 4, 2014 | Transparency News
I thought it might useful to extract a few relevant points from the readable but lengthy new report on research into the experiences and needs of litigants in person in private law family court cases. Litigants in person in private family law cases – Liz...
by Julie Doughty | Nov 12, 2014 | Transparency News
Two members of the Transparency Project, Lucy Reed and Julie Doughty, attended the Family Justice Council annual debate on ‘Transparency in family proceedings’ in London last night. The speakers ‘for’ openness were Sir Roderick Newton, the judge in the Pacchieri care...
by Julie Doughty | Sep 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Interesting research on whether young people care about protecting their privacy. https://theconversation.com/no-digital-natives-are-not-clueless-about-protecting-their-privacy-online-31654
by Julie Doughty | Sep 16, 2014 | Project
The short answer is ‘No’. Some years ago, I noticed that the consultation documents on access to family courts tended to use these two terms interchangeably and I wondered if transparency was just a fashionable word for openness. I looked into it and...
by Julie Doughty | Aug 28, 2014 | Trends
The starting point for court proceedings is traditionally that they must all be open to the public because justice must be seen to be done. Exceptions were recognised in an early 20th century case as being, for example, where certain children and people with mental...
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