by reporting watch team | Nov 23, 2016 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Parents of transgender children fear their ex-partners will sue them for custody of their children after the high court ruled that a seven year old child who identified as transgender should be removed from the care of their mother. Apparently. Except that fear (which...
by Lucy R | Nov 16, 2016 | Comment
This week The Transparency Project were invited to attend an event at Portcullis House hosted by Only Dads and Only Mums, with Jess Phillips MP. Our Lucy Reed went along… The format was a series of short panel presentations with brief points made after each...
by reporting watch team | Nov 13, 2016 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
This is a guest post written by Barbara Rich. Barbara is a barrister and mediator specialising in inheritance and trusts and Court of Protection property and affairs cases. She tweets as @BarbaraRich_law. The Daily Mail’s 4 November 2016 front page describing the...
by Judith Townend | Nov 10, 2016 | Comment, Consultations, Transparency News
On 15th September 2016 the Ministry of Justice opened its consultation into “Transforming Our Justice System”. The 36 page document, accompanied by a statement by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice and the Senior President of Tribunals, sets out a...
by Sarah P | Nov 2, 2016 | Comment
This post is comment by Sarah Phillimore and does not represent the views of the Transparency Project generally A few weeks back I opined that In the matter of X (a child) (No 3) [2016] EWHC 2755 (Fam) was going to be the defining case of the last 25 years of family...
by Paul M | Oct 17, 2016 | Comment, Transparency News
There are many things wrong with the way the national press reports legal matters, especially matters relating to the Family Court and the Court of Protection. But they are not going to get better unless and until the so-called regulator, IPSO, takes firmer action to...
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