Panel Discussions at CPConf2016 – where do we go from here?

Panel Discussion CPConf2016  3rd June 2016 This is a partial transcript typed up by Sarah Phillimore from the audio recording of the discussion at the end of CPConf2016 which took place at Birmingham on June 3rd 2016. Some parts are incomplete as the recording was not...

Lessons from the Ellie Butler Case

Lessons from the Ellie Butler Case – Event on October 3rd 2016 Members of the Transparency Project will be speaking at an event organised by the London Regional Group of Resolution on October 3rd entitled ‘Lessons from the Ellie Butler Case’. The...

Transparency versus Confidentiality: the Re X judgment

What do we do when information is already in the public domain? And what are the risks to the child if an adult party is identified? On Friday 8th July the judgment was published of the President of the Family Division in the Matter of X (A Child) (No2) [2016] EWHC...

CPConf2016 – How did it go?

On 3rd June 2016, the Transparency Project hosted the second Child Protection conference aimed at examining and discussing how the child protection system operates in England and Wales. Having concluded last year that the system wasn’t fit for purpose, the...

CPConf2016 Manifesto

What do we want to achieve? This is a post by Sarah Phillimore, wearing her ‘conference organiser’ hat. The Transparency Project is supporting CPConf2016 as an example of an event that aims to improve public understanding of the family law system.  It is...