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Guidance on use of section 20 accommodation
This guidance note was updated in April 2017. Download section 20 guidance
Choosing our words carefully
Louise Tickle's article about "Annie" (or Surviving Safeguarding as she is known on her blog) was published this weekend : ‘I saw his fluffy little head going out the door’: one woman's fight to keep her baby - Annie’s son was removed from her just days after he was...
New research on transparency in family justice
Members of the Transparency Project have noticed that the rate at which family court judgments are sent to BAILII, and the way in which they are reported, has been inconsistent over the past two years, despite the guidance issued by the court's President in January...
‘Baby-snatchers’ and post-natal depression – update
As Paul Magrath noted lasted week, The Spectator published this article by Lara Prendergast on 6 February : Beware the baby-snatchers. He explained the misrepresentation of family court reporting in this story. Another unsubstantiated claim made by Lara Prendergast...
Secrets and lies – the lazy cliches that stand in the way of proper court reporting
When, recently, a popular radio and TV presenter died, several tabloid newspapers splashed their front pages with the news that Terry Wogan had lost his "secret battle with cancer". The implication was that he, together with his medical team and close family, had...
Press Reporting of Care Proceedings
Transparency Project members Lucy Reed and Louise Tickle wrote an article on this topic for Family Law Journal in January. Jordans have kindly given permission for that article to be republished here. If you would like to read the article please click here to download...
Talking to the Judge without your client in court is potentially unlawful
This post arises out of a recent comment by a parent on the Child Protection Resource site. I sat in a court waiting room in the not too distant past, when I noticed a lawyer go up to the client and say the judge wants to see us in chambers. So the client sat there...
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...