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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...
It’s wrong to measure the success of local authorities in terms of adoption numbers
Is the government drive to increase the numbers of children adopted from care (as opposed to the speed of decision making and the journey time to an adoptive placement once decision made), wrongly affecting individual placement choice for children? (Part One) This...
A blog post on important issues for children and open justice
This blog post is my summary and analysis of a new report on young people and family court judgments by Julia Brophy, funded by the Association of Lawyers for Children Since 3 February 2014, judicial guidance has required certain judges, hearing certain family cases...
Welcome to new project group members
We are really pleased to welcome two new members to the Transparency Project project group : journalist Louise Tickle and researcher Judith Townend. We think that their involvement will help broaden out our range of expertise and perspectives, to include those working...
Full Fact on Family Law
Guest contribution by Conor James McKinney, Full Fact Writer/Researcher Full Fact is the UK’s only independent factchecking organisation. We check factual claims made by politicians, journalists and pressure groups, and stop misinformation spreading by pressing for...
Workshop on Cross-Border Child Protection
I was very pleased to be invited to this workshop by Dr Claire Fenton-Glynn and Dr Ruth Lamont, to hear them speak along with Dr Julie Doughty, fellow Transparency Project member. Dr Fenton-Glynn in particular has done excellent work in attempting to disseminate...