Cafcass have led for some time in opening certain board meetings to stakeholders and pre registered members of the public, and consistently lodging minutes on their website albeit a few months later. They now lodge not just the agenda but also the CEO report to every...
June 2021 sees the first anniversary of publication of the report ‘Assessing risk of harm to children and parents in private law children cases’ (the Harm report). We have published a number of posts about the report. The UK government responded to the...
Welcome to the Roundup, where we correct, clarify and comment on media reports of family court cases, explain and comment on published family court judgments and highlight other transparency news MEDIA COVERAGE OF FAMILY COURT MATTERS The Times – Published a...
Transparency enthusiasts may be interested in this exciting series of free webinars running in January to March, investigating openness and press reporting of our courts and tribunals. The webinars have been organised by Transparency Project journalist Louise Tickle...
This blog post originally appeared as our monthly column for November 2019 in Family law at Family Law [2019] Fam Law 1334. During the summer vacation, the Transparency Project took its message to the people. We organised two events at the Byline Festival in East...
This is a joint post by Alice Twaite and Judith Townend A Future Court and Tribunal Service Built for Users was the title of Tuesday’s HMCTS annual public event to inform court users and their representatives about progress of the court modernisation programme, 12...
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