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Contact The Transparency Project via email: General enquiries : info@transparencyproject.org.uk Trustees: Lucy Reed (Chair 2015-2025), Julie Doughty (Chair 2026), Polly Morgan and Paul Magrath trustees@transparencyproject.org.uk Bluesky:...
Core Principles – Mission Statement
This is a record of a working document, from which our constitution was drawn. The Transparency Project aims to promote the transparency of Family Court proceedings in England and Wales through providing straightforward, accurate and accessible information for...
Constitution
We are a charitable incorporated organisation. The Transparency Project Constitution can be downloaded here [amended 25 March 2024]. The objects of the Transparency Project as set out in the constitution are : To advance the education of the public in the subject of...
Editorial & Comments Policy
We want to encourage constructive discussion on this site. But we do have some rules. Please read them. The short version Opinions are welcomed, even strong or critical ones. You can comment even if you disagree with us. Personal attacks are not welcomed and may be...
Daily Mail in fair and accurate reporting shock
This is an updated version of the original post last week which disappeared during a period of site maintenance. We were rather surprised by this story in the Daily Mail last week which consisted of a perfectly reasonable selection of quotations from a Court of Appeal...
Transparency Project becomes a charity
We've taken the first steps towards becoming a real grown up project. This week our constitution was signed and trustees appointed (Lucy Reed, Sarah Phillimore and Julie Doughty) and our documents have gone off to the Charity Commission to be processed so that we can...
Anonymous Committals
Lucy Reed has blogged about a recent case where a person committed to prison for contempt of court was initially anonymous due to a reporting restriction order made by a Family Division Judge. The order has now been varied. You can read Lucy's blog post on Pink Tape...
Podcastarama
Sarah Phillimore and Lucy Reed have created a podcast in which they use the recent "Protection" episode of Silent Witness as a discussion point, to engage with issues around child protection and family justice. This is a first podcast for the Transparency Project and...
The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers
'If I wait for evidence it can be too late' - when dramatic licence goes too far I watched the first half of Silent Witness: Protection on Wednesday via iplayer and smiled indulgently at some of the more anguished twitter responses to its portrayal of child...
The curious case of the judge with no name
There is an assumption in some parts of the media that the Family Courts are deliberately operating in a secretive manner in order to cover up the sinister conduct of social workers, doctors, and local authorities, and that is why hearings are held in private (ie in...