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Transcript reveals what one judge really thinks of transparency

by Lucy R | Nov 30, 2023 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Notorious, Reporting Pilot, Transparency News

I begin this post by saying frankly that the transcript I have just read is shocking. If I had been told what was in it, I would not have believed it. Not so much the individual errors, but the combination of so many things gone wrong in one single transcript. Before...
Pilot’s Progress

Pilot’s Progress

by Lucy R | Nov 5, 2023 | FCReportingWatch, Reporting Pilot, Transparency News

Some news. The Reporting Pilot now running in 3 courts will shortly be extended to Magistrates in those courts. The Reporting Pilot will be rolled out in a number of other courts from January 2024. As with the first 3 pilot courts the new courts will first bring...
What’s a QLR and what’s all the fuss about?

What’s a QLR and what’s all the fuss about?

by Lucy R | Jul 18, 2023 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Reporting Pilot

QLR stands for ‘Qualified Legal Representative’, which sounds quite simple. However, in light of a recent article about the topic of QLRs, we thought it would be helpful to give some basic explanations of some of the terminology and the scheme. The article...
Pilot’s Progress

Cardiff Family Drug & Alcohol Court – a snapshot

by Lucy R | Mar 21, 2023 | Cases, Comment, Legal blogging, Reporting Pilot

On 2 February 2023, I attended the Family Court in Cardiff, aiming to report on cases under the newly launched Reporting Pilot. I identified one case on the court list which I was able both to attend and report. It turned out to be a hearing in the FDAC – the Family...
Family Courts scrutinised by the press – but what do we think of the reporting so far?

Family Courts scrutinised by the press – but what do we think of the reporting so far?

by Lucy R | Feb 23, 2023 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Reporting Pilot

Nobody who has ever read a newspaper or visited twitter would be expecting new media coverage of the family court, made possible by the ‘reporting pilot’, to be in glowing terms. However, the pilot isn’t a PR exercise, and for transparency to mean anything, we have to...
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