by Paul M | Jan 4, 2015 | Transparency News
On 1 January The Times published a piece under the headline “Judge attacked over bid to hold family cases in public” (£). Frances Gibb, legal editor, reported that Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, “could be forced to delay or radically rethink moves...
by Julie Doughty | Jan 2, 2015 | Transparency News
Overall, the response is negative about any further publicity measures being introduced. Sources used are the experiences and views of Resolution members and the recent Brophy et al report. Resolution makes strong arguments for research and evaluations to be...
by Lucy R | Jan 1, 2015 | Transparency News
The Association of Lawyers for Children’s response to the President of the Family Division’s consultation on Transparency can be found here. Below is a summary of their response : ALC relies upon the research conducted by Julia Brophy and colleagues,...
by Lucy R | Jan 1, 2015 | Transparency News
We have published our own response to the President’s Aug 14 consultation regarding Transparency here. Here are the other ones we’ve found. Association of Lawyers for Children response (our summary here) Resolution response (our summary here) Family Law...
by Lucy R | Dec 8, 2014 | Transparency News
On 11th November the Family Justice Council held its annual debate, on the topic of transparency in family proceedings. It was a well attended and wide ranging debate, with speakers and attendees not just comprising judges and family lawyers but also journalists,...
by Julie Doughty | Dec 4, 2014 | Transparency News
I thought it might useful to extract a few relevant points from the readable but lengthy new report on research into the experiences and needs of litigants in person in private law family court cases. Litigants in person in private family law cases – Liz...
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