by reporting watch team | Jul 3, 2019 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Trends
Today, the President of the Family Court Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, published interim reports from his Public and Private Law Working Groups. The President opened with a short statement on his concerns around both the rising volume of care cases before the...
by reporting watch team | May 24, 2019 | Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch
For anyone who missed Tuesday’s third episode in the BBC Victoria Derbyshire show’s investigation into how the family courts treat victims of domestic abuse, it’s available at catch up here (5:39 to 23:18). The more nuanced, collaborative, and solutions focused...
by reporting watch team | May 21, 2019 | Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Today The Times published a comment piece by our Chair Lucy Reed articulating the need for an inquiry into Family Courts and their handling of domestic abuse in particular : We must shed light on family court crisis. This followed Lucy’s appearance on the BBC...
by Paul M | May 18, 2019 | Comment, Consultations, Trends
More than a year has passed since the Transparency Project submitted its response (among many others) to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation on the future strategy of court and tribunal estate reform. Now at last the MOJ has issued its own response. You can read...
by Lucy R | May 9, 2019 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Transparency News
Yesterday, the President of the Family Division published his anticipated guidance and consultation on transparency issues. The guidance had been promised by the President in the course of Transparency Project member Louise Tickle’s successful appeal against a...
by Paul M | May 2, 2019 | Consultations, Transparency News
In January 2019 the House of Commons Justice Select Committee launched an inquiry into the HMCTS Reform programme “to consider the progress made with the reforms so far and the implications of planned changes, particularly in relation to access to...
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