by Paul M | Aug 25, 2020 | Consultations, Transparency News, Trends
The Lord Chief Justice called it “the biggest pilot project that the justice system has ever seen” and said “there will be no going back to February 2020”. Remote court hearings would have come sooner or later, but thanks to Covid-19 they came at us fast, in March...
by Lucy R | Aug 19, 2020 | Comment, Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Trends
As the summer has worn on, clouds have been gathering. In exchanges with other Transparency Project team members, I’ve been threatening to write a rather sullen blog post about transparency for a few weeks, and have finally been gathering my thoughts on the bow of our...
by Guest Post | Jul 1, 2020 | Comment, Consultations, Trends
This is a guest post by Dr Jess Mant, Lecturer in Law at Cardiff University School of Law and Politics. Jess was recently awarded a PhD for her study on ‘Litigants in Person and the Family Court: The Accessibility of Private Family Justice After LASPO’. We...
by Paul M | Jun 7, 2020 | Comment, Transparency News, Trends
“The rapid expansion of the use of remote hearings has been central to facilitating the continued operation of the justice system”, notes Dr Natalie Byrom in the introduction to her report, for the Civil Justice Council, examining the impact of the changes mandated by...
by Lucy R | May 29, 2020 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Trends
In recent weeks, the House of Commons select committee on justice has been assured by members of the government, judiciary and court service that open justice continues, despite changes to the nature of physical hearings, and increased use of technology for many types...
by Guest Post | May 27, 2020 | Comment, Transparency News, Trends
This is a guest post by Tara Casey, a caseworker in the Women’s Justice Initiative of the charity law practice APPEAL, an organisation dedicated to correcting miscarriages of justice through strategic litigation and campaigning. COVID-19 has taken a hammer to the...
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