Is Criminal Justice Under Lockdown Remotely Possible?

by Paul M | May 11, 2020 | Comment, Transparency News, Trends

Justice suspended Nothing better represents our idea of justice being not only done but seen to be done than the spectacle of trial by jury in the Crown Court.  The arrangement of the physical space of the courtroom, the royal coat of arms behind the raised bench...

The Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, and a little bit of history.

by Jack Harrison | May 3, 2020 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

Reflecting on where you have been is a useful exercise. I don’t mean that in the LinkedIn sense: I am not about to start posting pictures of hikers atop a mountain with the caption ‘INSPIRATION’, nor am I about to share how I woke up at 4am to drink a green tea carrot...

UPDATE: Z (A Child: committal proceeding) – a reminder that no one can be committed to prison without being named publicly

by Malvika Jaganmohan | May 3, 2020 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

I wrote a piece for the blog back in March 2020 about the case of Z (A Child: committal proceeding) [2020] EWFC B5 (24 January 2020). It concerned a private children law matter where the father had tampered with a drug testing report – which would have shown...

Publication and correction of judgments – official and unofficial sources

by Paul M | Apr 29, 2020 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News, Trends

Who is responsible for publishing the official approved version of judgments of the courts? Where should we look to find the latest, in some cases corrected, version of a court judgment? These are not new questions, but the sudden swerve to virtual justice has thrown...

Transparency Project News February 2020

by reporting watch team | Apr 19, 2020 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

This blog post originally appeared as the Transparency Project’s monthly column in Family Law for February 2020 at Family [2020] Fam Law 265. Transparency Templates The President has published some new ‘Transparency Templates’, which are draft orders for...

Desperately seeking guidance…

by reporting watch team | Apr 14, 2020 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

News reaches us of a document from the Lord Chief Justice, The President of the Family Division and The Master of the Rolls (a trio of ‘Top Judges’) that was circulated to Circuit and District Judges before the weekend, but which has now begun to be...