by Lucy R | Nov 23, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Transparency News
This blog post originally appeared as the Transparency Project’s monthly column for October 2019 in Family Law [2019] Fam Law 1208(1). Cape v Dring In July 2019, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case of Cape Intermediate Holdings Ltd v Dring...
by David Burrows | Nov 22, 2019 | Comment, Legal blogging, Transparency News
In family proceedings, some appeals go to the Court of Appeal, some (mostly) to a High Court judge in the Family Division of the High Court or the Family Court. Routinely Court of Appeal appeals are heard in open court and the parties, other than children, are named...
by reporting watch team | Nov 8, 2019 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Project, Transparency News
We are rather chuffed to say that the day before yesterday we unexpectedly won an award. Wednesday night was the Bar Pro Bono awards ceremony, and we were in the running for the pro bono innovation award, as a result of our work getting legal blogging established in...
by Alice T | Nov 8, 2019 | Comment, Consultations, Events, Transparency News
This is a joint post by Alice Twaite and Judith Townend A Future Court and Tribunal Service Built for Users was the title of Tuesday’s HMCTS annual public event to inform court users and their representatives about progress of the court modernisation programme, 12...
by Julie Doughty | Nov 1, 2019 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Transparency News
As part of the decision made by the President of the Family Division in the appeal by TP member, Louise Tickle in February, Sir Andrew McFarlane stated that guidance to courts would need to be issued to address the uncertainty that existed if a journalist or legal...
by Julie Doughty | Oct 27, 2019 | Resources, Transparency News
Some readers may remember the ‘research-led family justice system’ envisaged in the Norgrove Family Justice Review in 2011. However, we’re still waiting and, as Sir James Munby explained in this interview, family court professionals can sometimes...
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