by Julie Doughty | Sep 5, 2016 | Comment, Transparency News
In July last year, we wrote a post about developments since the Leveson report (published in 2012). At that time, we had understood that some legal changes were due in November, but in fact the relevant sections (of the Crime and Courts Act 2013) have not yet taken...
by Sarah P | Aug 31, 2016 | Comment
This is a post by Sarah Phillimore and represents her views about the Daily Mail which she hopes, but cannot assume, are shared by other members of the Transparency Project. It is always illuminating to run things through the Daily Mail translator. It...
by Paul M | Aug 25, 2016 | Comment
In February 2016, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, and the Judicial Executive Board issued a consultation entitled “Reforming the courts’ approach to McKenzie Friends”. The consultation set out a number of proposals which had been made by a working...
by Lucy R | Aug 9, 2016 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, Notorious
A story under this headline appeared on the Your Local Guardian site on 8 August : Former MP John Hemming urges appeals court to look in to case of teenager related to public figure. It suggests that ex-MP John Hemming is going to be launching an appeal to the Court...
by Lucy R | Aug 6, 2016 | Cases, Comment, Notorious
Child killer’s £2m legal aid: How taxpayers funded Ellie Butler’s warped father’s battle for custody of the little girl he went on to murder Ben Butler, 36, was given a ‘blank cheque’ by taxpayers to fund his lawyers Ellie’s loving...
by Lucy R | Jun 30, 2016 | Analysis, Comment, Notorious, Uncategorized
Several family lawyers have been discussing this case on Twitter, and it was suggested to us that it might be helpful to draw together a document with some important questions and our answers. We won’t necessarily agree on everything, but even our disagreements might...
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