by reporting watch team | Mar 19, 2020 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
This blog post originally appeared as the Transparency Project’s monthly column in Family Law for January 2020 at Family Law [[2020] Fam Law 118. Legal blogging We were thrilled to be awarded the Bar Pro Bono Innovation award, for our work on the legal blogging pilot,...
by reporting watch team | Mar 19, 2020 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
The President, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has issued the following national guidance and asked that it be shared widely: SIR ANDREW MCFARLANE PRESIDENT OF THE FAMILY DIVISION AND HEAD OF FAMILY JUSTICE COVID 19: National Guidance for the Family Court 19th...
by reporting watch team | Mar 8, 2020 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Welcome to this month’s 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 Most media outlets...
by Lucy R | Feb 28, 2020 | Consultations, Transparency News
The President of the Family Division Sir Andrew McFarlane has taken the very brave decision to give an open explanation of his need to undergo open heart surgery next month, in order to explain the impact it will have on planned work in coming months. Everyone here at...
by Lucy R | Feb 11, 2020 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
It was last May, not long after he had dealt with journalist and TP member Louise Tickle’s successful appeal against a wrongly imposed reporting restriction order, that the President of the Family Division announced he would be holding a ‘Transparency...
by Judith Townend | Feb 9, 2020 | Consultations, Transparency News
Just under a year ago Dame Frances Cairncross published her recommendations for ‘a sustainable future for journalism’ in the UK. Her Government-commissioned report identified court reporting as an area of concern, citing its decline (based on Brian...
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