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![Drive-thru Divorce comes to the UK](https://transparencyproject.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Drive-thru.jpeg)
![Legal Blogging Pilot – some comparisons with the Court of Protection transparency pilot](https://transparencyproject.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/apple-computer-desk-7108-1080x675.jpg)
Legal Blogging Pilot – some comparisons with the Court of Protection transparency pilot
Although I’ve not practised for decades, I’ve spent a lot of time in court. I’ve been a legal journalist and law reporter for most of my working life, so I’m familiar with the courts and their procedures. But it is only since being a member of the Transparency Project...![CS v SBH: a child’s competence to appoint her own lawyer](https://transparencyproject.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/canvas-shoes-close-up-color-1240892-1080x675.jpg)
CS v SBH: a child’s competence to appoint her own lawyer
This case concerned the question whether, on an appeal, a child was entitled to choose and be represented by a solicitor of her own choice, instead of the solicitor already instructed by the court-appointed guardian. At the time of the appeal the child was almost 13...![NOT reforming the courts’ approach to McKenzie Friends: a judicial abdication of responsibility](https://transparencyproject.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_627173822.jpg)
NOT reforming the courts’ approach to McKenzie Friends: a judicial abdication of responsibility
In February 2016, the Lord Chief Justice and the Judicial Executive Board issued a consultation entitled “Reforming the courts’ approach to McKenzie Friends”. Three years later, they have finally produced a response which, disappointingly, just passes the buck to the government.
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