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What’s your opinion about recording Interactions between Social Workers and Parents
The issue of recording what is said between parents and social workers in meetings or assessments was raised by parents at #CPConf2015. This sparked a lot of interest, following Louise Tickle's article for the Guardian on 17th June 2015 - 'Social workers under...
Christopher Booker Article on Minnock Case
We have been alerted to an article in the Telegraph by Christopher Booker relating to the case of Ethan Williams (Minnock), which we have blogged about here : The missing mum case. We have written an article in response to that piece, and have invited the Telegraph to...
The missing mum case
I went to Bristol Crown Court today [Update 22/6/15 : original date of publication was 11/6/15] to report on "the missing mum case" as it appears now to have been labelled. I asked a journalist sat outside with his film crew whether he was here for the committal...
Family law: clarity first
What about cleaning the dirty window first, asks David Burrows, of DB Family Law in response to yesterday’s post by Paul M, The Emperor’s New Clothes – or Delusions of Candour. He argues that transparency is all very well, but the law itself that needs to be clear.
The Emperor’s New Clothes – or Delusions of Candour
In a piece entitled The Transparency Delusion, published on the Stowe Family Law blog, John Bolch argues that the whole idea of transparency in family law proceedings is futile. We don’t agree and this post explains why.
#CPConf2015 – How did it go?
With no small amount of trepidation, we gathered at the NCVO venue in London on June 1st. We had no idea how it was going to go, if we had been over ambitious in our scope, if the different participants really had anything to say to one another that could lead to...
How far should children be protected from discovering horrors from their parents’ past?
This is a post about a case that is only indirectly a family court type case, because of an agreement* made between the parents, on separating in 2009, to try to protect their son from learning about the historic past in a way that would be detrimental to the child....
Online Child Protection Survey
We'd love it if you would fill in our survey and let your colleagues and others involved in the child protection system know about by tweeting or sharing the link to this page through social media or email, so they can fill it in too. [UPDATE 27 MAY - If you've had...
Transparency overseas
This weekend I have been at the Family Law Bar Association annual conference at Cumberland Lodge, which this year has an international family law theme. Yesterday we heard two really illuminating presentations from foreign judges, who told us all about how they do...
Reporting restrictions in the criminal courts (quick reference guide)
"Open justice is a hallmark of the rule of law. It is an essential requisite of the criminal justice system that it should be adminstered in public and subject to public scrutiny. The media play a vital role in representing the public and reflecting the public...