by Lucy R | Jun 17, 2019 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
The Transparency Project was founded in part to counter dodgy headlines and over-simplified or inaccurate media reports about all things family law. Every so often, distortion of what a case *really* says or means comes from within the system. This is one such...
by Lucy R | May 30, 2019 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
On 10 May I attended the Family Court to see if I could attend a hearing under the Legal Blogging Pilot before heading off to collecting judgment in one of my cases at noon. I wasn’t sure that this would be very productive because of the fact I could only fit in a...
by Lucy R | May 23, 2019 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious, Transparency News
This blog post originally appeared as an article in the April issue of Family Law at [2019] Fam Law 437(2). The Transparency Project has a new patron The Transparency Project is very pleased to report that Clifford Bellamy, recently retired Circuit Judge and former...
by Lucy R | May 15, 2019 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
The launch of a campaign Today sees a coordinated media push in support of a public inquiry into the secret family courts and their handling of abuse. The campaign has been brewing for many months, if not years – but today brings the announcement that 120 MPs have...
by Lucy R | May 9, 2019 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Transparency News
Yesterday, the President of the Family Division published his anticipated guidance and consultation on transparency issues. The guidance had been promised by the President in the course of Transparency Project member Louise Tickle’s successful appeal against a...
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