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Mrs Millstone…?
The press has been full with news stories about the case of Mr and Mrs Mills, and although no judgment has yet been published, further details have emerged as the week has worn on. And there is plenty of opinion out there too as to what this case means for, or...
Mrs Norman – the wife who lost her “cloak of anonymity”
We wrote in January about a case reported as a wife losing her fight to keep divorce hearings secret. The wife in question was Mrs Norman. You can read our original post here. At the time the judgment explaining the Court of Appeal's reasons had not been delivered,...
Open letter to the Professional Standards Agency
Below is the text of an open letter we have sent today to the Professional Srandards Authority, who "help to protect the public through our work with organisations that register and regulate people working in health and social care...". OPEN LETTER TO THE PROFESSIONAL...
Reporting the Family Courts – Are we doing it justice?
A collaborative discussion between those working in and reporting on the family justice system On 5 April, The Transparency Project are hosting an event to coincide with the publication of our Media Guide for journalists, aims to promote cross-silo discussion about...
Family Court Reporting Watch: Weekly Round Up
Correcting, clarifying or commenting on media reports of family court cases Explaining or commenting on published Judgments of family court cases Highlighting other transparency news MEDIA REPORTS OF FAMILY COURTS CASES / FAMILY JUSTICE ISSUES Local...
The end of Human Rights Act claims for misuse of section 20?
Not in principle - but in practice, maybe. This post is the opinion of Sarah Phillimore about the impact of London Borough of Hackney v Williams & Anor [2017] EWCA Civ 26 (26 January 2017) upon claims for damages for breach of human rights in cases where children...
Re X – a trade off between privacy and anonymity?
Two judgments have recently been published by Mr Justice Bodey in a financial remedy case. The case is interesting in terms of the law around financial remedies, and from a transparency perspective. You can read the main decision on BAILII here : X v X (application...
The Daily Mail’s Court of Protection explainer : “What is the Court of Protection?”
This is a post by Barbara Rich, originally published by her via twitter and kindly reproduced here with her permission. Barbara is a barrister in private practice at 5 Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn, London. The views she expresses are personal. The Daily Mail has...
Coercing the obdurate (and other exercises in futility)…
We have previously written about the case of MM (an incapacitated adult living in Portugal in a care home) and Mrs Kirk, who was imprisoned for refusing to assist the court with his return to be cared for back in Devon where he had previously been living. Our first...
Transgender v ultra-Orthodox Jewish community?
The press widely report the decision of Mr Justice Peter Jackson in a very sad and difficult case involving an ultra-orthodox Jewish (Charedi) family, where the father left the community to become a transgender woman, and has not seen her five children since. Mr...