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When a judge prefers his own biases to the law, all is lost

by Louise Tickle | Nov 30, 2023 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Notorious, Reporting Pilot, Transparency News

“If you want to know my view on the transparency project, it is not supportive. I have always felt these cases are deeply private, and my judgments are there really for the parents, to help them, to help the families, they are not for public consumption or to allow...
Behind closed doors – a transcript from a private hearing

Behind closed doors – a transcript from a private hearing

by reporting watch team | Nov 30, 2023 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Notorious, Reporting Pilot, Transparency News

In August this year, a journalist attempted to observe the first day of a multi-day final hearing in a private children case. She was refused access by the judge, His Honour Judge Haigh. The following day, another journalist [Louise Tickle, who is a member of The...
Pilot’s Progress

Pilot’s Progress

by Lucy R | Nov 5, 2023 | FCReportingWatch, Reporting Pilot, Transparency News

Some news. The Reporting Pilot now running in 3 courts will shortly be extended to Magistrates in those courts. The Reporting Pilot will be rolled out in a number of other courts from January 2024. As with the first 3 pilot courts the new courts will first bring...
Open Justice Today – speech by the Lord Chief Justice

Open Justice Today – speech by the Lord Chief Justice

by Paul M | Oct 1, 2023 | Comment, Transparency News, Trends

In one of his last speeches before retiring as the head of the judiciary of England & Wales, Lord Burnett of Maldon congratulated the courts on the way technology had enhanced open justice through live streaming, media access to remote hearings, and the...
Pilot’s Progress

Open Justice: the way forward

by reporting watch team | Sep 15, 2023 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

In May this year, the Ministry of Justice issued a call for evidence from all interested parties, including the judiciary, legal professionals, the media, businesses, academics, law and technology experts and court and tribunal users on how they think the government...
Behind closed doors – a transcript from a private hearing

The Transparency Review, reviewed

by reporting watch team | Sep 2, 2023 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Reporting Pilot, Transparency News

As the two year anniversary of the publication of the Transparency Review approaches, how does Sir Andrew McFarlane’s acknowledgment of the need for a major shift in culture and process to increase the transparency of the family justice system, and his promises of a...
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