BAILII and the re-use of judgments as public legal information

by Paul M | Oct 1, 2019 | Comment, Transparency News, Trends

For all practical purposes, the free legal database run by the British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) is an official source of judgments from senior courts that any member of the public or any journalist can use. But while anyone can read individual...

Doesn’t time fly . . .

by reporting watch team | Sep 23, 2019 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

This blog post originally appeared as the Transparency Project’s monthly column in the August 2019 issue of Family Law [2019] Fam Law 959. As we write this month’s column we are awaiting news of whether the six month long legal blogging pilot that has been...

Transparency Project team shortlisted for family law commentator of the year

by reporting watch team | Sep 2, 2019 | FCReportingWatch, Project, Transparency News

We are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Lexis Nexis ‘Family Law Commentator Of The Year’ award. The award is for ‘the commentator who the family law community consider to have provided the most useful commentary to help them...

A Byline Festival conversation about Truth, Trust and Transparency in the Courts

by Paul M | Sep 1, 2019 | Comment, Events, Transparency News

From L to R: Sophie Walker, Mark Hanna, Brian Cathcart, Lucy Reed and Adam Wagner “A riot of independent journalism and free speech” is how the Byline Festival describes itself. It’s a varied mix of arts, literature, journalism and music, but running through it all is...

An eventful Spring

by reporting watch team | Aug 23, 2019 | Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

This blog post originally appeared as an article in the July issue of Family Law [2019] Fam Law 825. It can be difficult writing a monthly column for a print publication when things are moving apace in the real world  will it still hold currency when the edition...

Supreme Court’s decision in asbestos case: guidance bearing on transparency in family courts

by Lucy R | Aug 4, 2019 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

This post explains how a civil case about harm caused by asbestos can have implications for transparency relevant to family courts. Those interested in reading further can see the full judgment here Cape Intermediate Holdings Ltd v Dring (for and on behalf of...