by reporting watch team | Jun 30, 2019 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Transparency News
In May, the President of the Family Division published draft guidance to help those dealing with applications by reporters to relax reporting restrictions. The President published that draft guidance for consultation purposes and we’ve now submitted our...
by Lucy R | May 23, 2019 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious, Transparency News
This blog post originally appeared as an article in the April issue of Family Law at [2019] Fam Law 437(2). The Transparency Project has a new patron The Transparency Project is very pleased to report that Clifford Bellamy, recently retired Circuit Judge and former...
by reporting watch team | May 21, 2019 | Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Today The Times published a comment piece by our Chair Lucy Reed articulating the need for an inquiry into Family Courts and their handling of domestic abuse in particular : We must shed light on family court crisis. This followed Lucy’s appearance on the BBC...
by Lucy R | May 9, 2019 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Transparency News
Yesterday, the President of the Family Division published his anticipated guidance and consultation on transparency issues. The guidance had been promised by the President in the course of Transparency Project member Louise Tickle’s successful appeal against a...
by Paul M | May 2, 2019 | Consultations, Transparency News
In January 2019 the House of Commons Justice Select Committee launched an inquiry into the HMCTS Reform programme “to consider the progress made with the reforms so far and the implications of planned changes, particularly in relation to access to...
by Paul M | Apr 30, 2019 | Comment, Transparency News
Following an earlier consultation, Part 39 of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) (relating to hearings in civil courts*) has been amended in some significant ways. First, to bolster the open justice principle, it has tightened up the rules relating to when a hearing may...
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