by Paul M | Apr 20, 2018 | Comment, Transparency News
A report on Open Justice from the Chartered Institute of Journalists warns of “an unprecedented, and sustained, attack on the journalism profession, which has taken a toll on our ability to cover courts, and report on their function”. Its author is Tim Crook, Vice...
by Lucy R | Apr 12, 2018 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Family Law publishes a regular column by The Transparency Project. This blog post originally appeared in the March 2018 issue, [2018] Fam Law 333. In late January 2018 the President published his ’18th View from the President’s Chambers: the on-going...
by reporting watch team | Apr 4, 2018 | Consultations, Transparency News
The Ministry of Justice recently ran a consultation on the future strategy for HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) in its approach to court and tribunal estate reform, viewed in the context of the current digital modernisation programme. The consultation was...
by reporting watch team | Apr 4, 2018 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
We’ve written before about cases where we wished we’d been present alongside journalists to report on a case, to see if we saw the same things, or selected the same information to report. And we’ve regularly challenged, corrected or explained not...
by reporting watch team | Mar 31, 2018 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
This week, the Judicial Reviews of the Parole Board’s decision to release serial sex offender John Worboys were successful. Apart from quashing the decision and sending it back to be reconsidered on better evidence, the High Court also struck down that bit of...
by David Burrows | Mar 1, 2018 | Explanation, Transparency News
AKA When is a single Family Court not a unified Family Court? This post is an attempt to explain a rather technical piece of guidance that was issued yesterday. It has been tricky trying to make it easy to get your head around, but we’ve done our best. Here goes… In...
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