by Lucy R | Oct 2, 2018 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Yesterday, 1 October, was the first day of the new legal bloggers pilot. Having spent many hours persuading the powers that be that this was a good idea to try out, it seemed like the done thing to be there on Day One. So, shortly before 10am I trotted from Chambers...
by reporting watch team | Sep 29, 2018 | FCReportingWatch
Correcting, clarifying or commenting on media reports of family court cases Explaining or commenting on published judgments of family court cases Highlighting other transparency news MEDIA (MIS)REPORTS OF FAMILY COURT CASES The Daily Mail – Nurse’s one-year-old...
by reporting watch team | Sep 28, 2018 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Transparency News
The legal blogging pilot starts on Monday. We have been thinking about how it might work and some of the issues that may arise. We have created a dedicated legal bloggers page, which provides information about the scheme and answers some likely queries. If you are a...
by Paul M | Sep 23, 2018 | Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch
The Cairncross review was set up by the government in March 2018 to investigate “how to sustain the production and distribution of high-quality journalism in a changing market”. It is chaired by Dame Frances Cairncross (a former journalist) and is...
by reporting watch team | Sep 18, 2018 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
The Times published a story on 13 September under the headline, ‘Judge lets 14-year-old boy choose his own lawyer’. The judgment is on BAILII here – Re Z (A Child: Care Proceedings: Separate Representation) [2018] EWFC B57. We don’t know why the Times has not...
by Lucy R | Sep 12, 2018 | FCReportingWatch
Family Law publishes a regular column by The Transparency Project. This blog post originally appeared in the August 2018 issue, [2018] Fam Law 1062. As we noted in our June column, ‘Press reporting on family courts’ [2018] Fam Law 750, there seems...
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