by Lucy R | Jan 13, 2015 | Comment, Trends, Uncategorized
Transparency is about understanding not information. Quality not quantity. Substance not form. So more judgments ≠ more transparency. And more open courts ≠ more transparency. And more and more and more and more and more information on a single website ≠ more...
by Lucy R | Jan 7, 2015 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Project
As its very new, we’re still feeling our way through how we will run this project – and we have recently had to deal with the thorny issue of what the limits are on comments about individual cases. We have an “Editorial Policy” here, which sets...
by Julie Doughty | Dec 22, 2014 | Comment
This article from the Press Gazette explains why the judge thought it right to identify the members of this family, who were involved in an international abduction case (or ‘tug of love’ in media-speak) What do people think? (I’ve yet to see how it...
by Sarah P | Dec 21, 2014 | Comment
Beyond all ideas of right and wrong there is a field – I will meet you there. Rumi On 11th November 2014 the Family Justice Council held its 8th Annual Debate and panel discussion at Westminster Central Hall. The topic for discussion was transparency....
by David Burrows | Dec 20, 2014 | Analysis, Comment
Amongst family judges it has become quite the rage to open up your court and welcome in – well, probably a few lonely souls and a couple of local journalists, limited to those cases where a parent has been sounding off on Facebook or trying to take a child from...
by Sarah P | Sep 30, 2014 | Comment
Locking the stable door after the horse has bolted There are many metaphors which are applicable in this situation. Cats that are out of bags, genies that are out of their bottles etc, etc. What the metaphors share is recognition of the futility of trying to act after...
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