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“Divorce Day”? Don’t believe the hype…
This is a guest post by Jo Edwards, who tweets as @MissJoEdwards. Like other fixtures in our diaries at this time of year - Boxing Day sales, gym and diet adverts starting just after Christmas, travel companies enticing us in the depths of winter with promises of...
A fork in the road – Cafcass and their pathways
A little while ago we wrote some about Cafcass' new proposed High Conflict pathway, which had been hailed in the press as a big thing in terms of dealing effectively with parental alienation. We had been offered an interview with the Cafcass Principal Social Worker,...
Celebrities are given a smidgen of privacy at a difficult time in their lives shocker
The Sun are very very cross. Why is that? Well.... Here's the headline : REDKNAPP DIVORCE SECRET Jamie and Louise Redknapp’s divorce papers to be kept secret as a judge blocks the release of documents District Judge Ian Paul Mulkis blocked the release of papers that...
Transparency Project News: The President’s Guidance – three years later
'Family Law' publishes a regular blog series by The Transparency Project. This post originally appeared in July 2017 at [2017] Fam Law 778. It is reproduced here with kind permission of the publisher. It is now nearly 3 years since Sir James Munby, President of the...
Who pays for the harm done to children? CN v Poole and the law of negligence
On December 21st 2017, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in CN v Poole Borough Council [2017] EWCA civ 2185. This judgment prompted a report in The Times on the 1st January 2018 with the headline 'Abuse victims told they can't sue council for...
Transparency Project News: Correction requests and complaints
'Family Law' publishes a regular blog series by The Transparency Project. This post originally appeared in June 2017 at [2017] Fam Law 694 and is reproduced here with kind permission of the publishers. As well as writing up and commenting on specific cases, we have...
Transparency Project News: Reporting family courts
'Family Law' publishes a regular blog series by The Transparency Project. This post originally appeared in May 2017 at [2017] Fam Law 564. It is reproduced here with kind permission of the publisher. On 5 April 2017 The Transparency Project held a panel discussion at...
New Lord Chief Justice wants to improve public understanding of how judges work
Giving his first annual press conference since his appointment earlier this year, the Lord Chief Justice said his two main concerns would be to increase awareness of what judges do, and to secure reforms needed to modernise the justice system. After his speech, he...
The open justice principle: a child’s crimes and a parent’s misdemeanour
Open justice for a child in criminal proceedings What legal principles connect publicity for the 17 year-old Charlie Pearce (born 3 July 2000), a double rapist and attempt murderer (R v Pearce (Press Restrictions) Haddon-Cave J (7 December 2017)) and privacy for a...
We’re recharging our batteries! Back in 2018
Merry Christmas from The Transparency Project team. We've been a bit quiet the last few weeks, but will be back with a spring in our step in 2018. By the way, the picture is of The Tate gallery, snapped by Paul Magrath as he went by. We thought it was a good metaphor...