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Recording Guidance – update
We've made some very minor corrections to our guidance note - the version now on the site is version 2, Jan 16. Older versions are still fine, but the corrections were as follows : We'd inadvertently put the wrong year in for the Data Protection Act We'd included a...
Should the standard of proof for child sexual abuse be lowered so that more of those accused can be tried and convicted in the criminal courts?
Should the standard of proof for child sexual abuse be lowered so that more of those accused can be tried and convicted in the criminal courts? This seemed to be the argument being made by Anne Longfield, children’s commissioner for England, on the Today programme...
2nd Child Protection Conference – Where Do We Go From Here?
#CPConf2016 Where and When? Friday June 3rd 2016 The Priory Rooms, Birmingham 40 Bull Street B4 6AF. Following the success of CPConf2015 – Is the Child Protection System Fit for Purpose? – the Transparency Project is pleased to announce its support for the second...
Poppi Worthington
The case of little Poppi Worthington, a 1 year old girl who died in 2012, and who the Family Court has ruled was seriously sexually assaulted by her Father shortly before her death, has been much in the news recently. We wrote about Poppi's case some time ago here. We...
Four-year-old boy will be taken away from parents with learning difficulties because social workers say he’s ‘not getting the cuddles he needs’
The Daily Mail has reported a story today with the headline "Four-year-old boy will be taken away from parents with learning difficulties because social workers say he’s ‘not getting the cuddles he needs’". It is a story arising from the judgment of the President of...
Thank you
The Transparency Project would like to thank the Ipswich Quakers for making us their charity of the month and raising a super £104.50. Every little helps as although we've been very busy we have yet to source any core funding so are dependent on donations like this to...
The case of the un-named local authority
The Guardian and the Whitby Gazette have featured a complaint by 'a former Lib Dem MP' about a family court judgment in which the judge, HHJ Anderson, specifically explains that she will not name the local authority or the social workers involved. The news stories...
Guidance on parents recording meetings with social workers
We're really pleased that we have today been able to published the guidance we promised about the recording of social workers by parents where there is local authority involvement with the family. The guidance is intended to be used by parents and their advisers and...
Court of Protection hearings to be held in public
This is a guest post by Lucy Series. An extended version of this post appears on The Small Places blog. The Court of Protection has just announced its first pilot project: on transparency. The pilot project will reverse the presumption in the Court of Protection...
The 9th Annual Family Justice Council Debate – Adoption without consent is wrong in principle
I attended the FJC debate at the Strand Palace hotel on November 24th. I will write a longer article for Jordans Family Law, to do justice to the full range of opinions expressed, but I will set out the highlights here for those who I know were keen to come, but...