by Lucy R | Jul 19, 2026 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Open Reporting
A much delayed legal blogpost – an explanation In October 2024 I visited the Central Family Court in London. My objective was to observe a hearing before the magistrates. At the time, the Reporting Pilot was in operation and there had been almost no reporting of...
by reporting watch team | Jul 2, 2026 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Open Reporting, Transparency News
We get many requests to The Transparency Project for one of our legal bloggers to attend court hearings and/or to suggest a journalist who can attend and report. We at TP have limited capacity as we’re volunteers and, although we know a few excellent journalists...
by reporting watch team | May 17, 2026 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious, Open Reporting
The Good Law Project reported last month that Meta (the company that owns Instagram and Facebook) removed a post about their campaign supporting Liv Nervo – Liv Nervo told her story – but Meta took it down (8 April). The original proceedings were about contact...
by reporting watch team | May 6, 2026 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious, Open Reporting
This headline appeared in The Observer on 3 May. The sub headline says: A member of the armed forces who terrorised his wife has been allowed unsupervised access to their daughter – in a case that British military authorities tried to keep out of the public eye. The...
by reporting watch team | Jan 29, 2026 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Open Reporting
A significant decision has been made by Mr Justice Poole in the High Court, allowing a journalist access to a number of psychological reports that were commissioned in family proceedings. Although when a Transparency Order (TO) is made under the Reporting...
by reporting watch team | Nov 17, 2025 | Events, FCReportingWatch, Open Reporting
The House of Commons Parliamentary Justice Committee held a session on 28 October to look at ‘Reform of the Family Court’. We’re not sure what was meant by ‘reform’ – this was never specified – but the session had four important witnesses giving evidence: Lisa...
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