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The cost of transparency

The cost of transparency

by Lucy R | Apr 14, 2022 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal bloggers pilot, Transparency News

The case of Xanthopoulos v Rakshina [2022] EWFC 30 has hit the headlines because of the eye watering legal costs, and the excoriating judicial criticism of the parties for running them up. But Xanthopoulos is not only interesting because of its extraordinary financial...
Which Judges can relax reporting restrictions?

Which Judges can relax reporting restrictions?

by Lucy R | Feb 13, 2022 | FCReportingWatch, Legal bloggers pilot

It’s not that often that a journalist or legal blogger attends a family court hearing but, when they do, they will often ask for permission to report what has taken place, anonymously. Because lawyers and judges are often unfamiliar with dealing with this sort...
A curious headline: “Senior judges voice alarm after private deal in oligarch divorce”

A curious headline: “Senior judges voice alarm after private deal in oligarch divorce”

by Lucy R | Jan 2, 2022 | Cases, FCReportingWatch

We saw this headline in The Times just after Christmas. What on earth is it all about? We’ve read and re-read it and to be frank, we’re still not completely sure. The ‘oligarch divorce’ in question is that of Farkhad Akhmedov and his ex wife...
Griffiths v Tickle – a lawyer’s view

Griffiths v Tickle – a lawyer’s view

by Lucy R | Dec 16, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious, Transparency News

This post originally appeared on the author’s blog Pink Tape and is reposted here with permission (NB, disclosure : the author is the Chair of The Transparency Project). Most of the newspapers carried the story on Saturday: ‘Andrew Griffiths found to have...
Seeing invisible elephants – the transparency review is published

Seeing invisible elephants – the transparency review is published

by Lucy R | Oct 29, 2021 | Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

The President’s Transparency Review has finally concluded. After a period long enough to gestate both an elephant and a human baby consecutively, was it worth the wait? Our response is an emphatic ‘Yes’. The president has both acknowledged the massive, weighty,...
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