by Guest Post | Jul 6, 2023 | Analysis, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
A response to the Report of the Financial Remedies Sub-Group of The Transparency Implementation Group This is a guest post by Sir James Munby in response to the report of the Financial Remedies Sub-Group of the Transparency Implementation Group, which can be read...
by Guest Post | Jun 22, 2023 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post by Ian Brownhill. Ian is a barrister at 39 Essex Chambers who specialises in public, humanrights and regulatory law. Much of his work revolves around medical decision making for adults who lack capacity to make treatment decisions and for...
by Julie D | Jun 4, 2023 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
It is now 14 years since the Family Procedure Rules were amended to allow ‘accredited media representatives’ i.e. journalists to attend most types of family court hearings, and more than four years since ‘duly authorised lawyers’ i.e. legal...
by Paul M | May 25, 2023 | Comment, Trends
Winning public confidence in IPSO’s independence and effectiveness remains an uphill task, according to its latest external review. While the newspaper regulator is generally well managed, its performance in dealing with complaints could be more efficient and timely,...
by Julie D | Apr 10, 2023 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
There are two matters of interest in this unusual judgment by Mr Justice Mostyn in respect of a claim for judicial review brought by a teenager against a local authority, originally published on The National Archives as TT v Essex County Council [2023] EWHC 721 (Fam)...
by Paul M | Mar 24, 2023 | Comment, Court of Protection, Transparency News
The Court of Protection will, on rare occasions, not only hear a case in private but do so without telling one of the parties or their representatives, even after it’s happened. This is known as a ‘closed’ hearing. The court has power to do so under the Court of...
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