by Paul M | Apr 20, 2018 | Comment, Transparency News
A report on Open Justice from the Chartered Institute of Journalists warns of “an unprecedented, and sustained, attack on the journalism profession, which has taken a toll on our ability to cover courts, and report on their function”. Its author is Tim Crook, Vice...
by Julie Doughty | Apr 11, 2018 | Cases, Comment, Explanation
This is a guest post by Rebecca Carr-Hopkins and Tracy Rydin-Orwin (ICI trainers) and Andrea Landini (Director, Family ReIations Institute). They are responding to our post on the case of Re C [2018] EWFC B9, where a psychologist’s evidence was based on a...
by Sarah P | Apr 11, 2018 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
On March 25th we considered what happened to people who refused to abide by orders made by the family courts and the powers family courts have to send them to prison in punishment. That blog post prompted comments along the lines of what happened when the...
by Barbara Rich | Apr 5, 2018 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Notorious
What are a person’s best interests in a decision to permit use of samples of body fluids or tissue for a purpose which is neither of direct therapeutic benefit to the person him or herself, or an act of direct altruism towards another person? The law of mental...
by reporting watch team | Apr 1, 2018 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
Search for ‘bloom divorce’ on google and all you get is items about Orlando Bloom’s ‘painful separation from his wife Miranda Kerr’. This post is about a different and altogether less attractive Mr Bloom (no, not the one off CBeebies...
by Paul M | Mar 4, 2018 | Comment, Consultations
On 1 March 2018 the government announced that it would not be proceeding with the second stage of the Leveson Inquiry, and would seek to repeal section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013. This post explains the background to that decision and assesses where that...
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