by Lucy R | Feb 6, 2016 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Resources, Transparency News
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...
by Louise Tickle | Jan 25, 2016 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Notorious
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...
by Lucy R | Jan 19, 2016 | Cases, Notorious
The Daily Mail has reported a story today with the headline “Four-year-old boy will be taken away from parents with learning difficulties because social workers say he’s ‘not getting the cuddles he needs’”. It is a story arising from the judgment of the...
by Julie D | Jan 13, 2016 | Cases
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...
by Lucy R | Nov 11, 2015 | Analysis, Cases
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...
by Julie D | Nov 2, 2015 | Cases, Explanation
An important judgment, Louise Tickle v the Council of the Borough of North Tyeside was published on BAILII last week. It has been reported on the UK Human Rights blog and on Inforrm. This was an application by journalist, Louise Tickle, for permission to publish...
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