- Correcting, clarifying or commenting on media reports of family court cases
- Explaining or commenting on published Judgments of family court cases
- Highlighting other transparency news
MEDIA (MIS)REPORTS OF FAMILY COURT CASES
Wonder of mobile internet means I can deal with cases on the move, top family court judge says – A blog on the curious focus of the Daily Telegraph’s report of W (A Child : No 4) [2017] EWHC 1760 (Fam) (10 July 2017), a case with significant public interest (beyond the President’s IT capacity):
Re W (Wonder of mobile internet) : https://t.co/XTH6DBhsH5
— transparency project (@seethrujustice) July 20, 2017
Can a spouse claim your abuse or injury damages on divorce? – Polly Morgan examined news reports of one spouse’s compensation being shared with the other, on divorce, in the family court:
Excellent post by @pollyemorgan (sorry Polly – ran out of characters!) https://t.co/hIjbGlXEmJ
— transparency project (@seethrujustice) July 20, 2017
What is happening now on the case of terminally ill baby Charlie Gard? A roundup of events and commentary – We summarised some key themes from the ongoing news reporting about decision making in relation to Charlie Gard, and highlighted some pieces we thought particularly informative:
What is happening now on the case of terminally ill baby Charlie Gard? A roundup of events and commentary : https://t.co/xOlF3rsXuB
— transparency project (@seethrujustice) July 18, 2017
Talking about adoption and voluntary foster care under s.20 – We gathered some responses to Co-Operation or Coercion? (an important new publication from the Family Rights Group about fostering for adoption) and to press reports published with it:
Talking about adoption & voluntary foster care under s20: https://t.co/8jD7aHiSEl @louisetickle @C_P_Resource @tom_perkins4 @FamilyRightsGp
— transparency project (@seethrujustice) July 13, 2017
See also Cooperation – Not Coercion in Foster to Adopt Placements, a guest post by John Simmonds, Director of Policy, Research and Development, Coram-Baaf, published by the Transparency Project here:
Read our guest post @seethrujustice :Cooperation–Not Coercion in Foster to Adopt re @FamilyRightsGp S20 report https://t.co/T6fuSAfeLT
— CoramBAAF (@CoramBAAF) July 17, 2017
Notably accurate (or otherwise transparency positive) reports:
BBC News linked their readers to the family court judgment they reported in Gay man wins Supreme Court case on equal pension rights. Such practice (suggestive of confident, informed journalism) remains remarkably rare:
Thanks @BBCNews 4 link 2 the judgment in this report.
Here's @pollyemorgan piece 4 TP on this again (while tweeting) https://t.co/lHV2Hf4SAM https://t.co/RWIU6l2tIe— transparency project (@seethrujustice) July 13, 2017
Yet 'the eyes & ears of the public' so rarely link the public to the publicly available court judgments reported on: https://t.co/yojg35IbKb https://t.co/D6yMLMIuYT
— transparency project (@seethrujustice) July 20, 2017
Local News Matters:
Thanks 4 this re-tweet @jacinta_marron Gr8 2 c local news informing families on a key issue @Examiner & good job @ridleyandhall of course https://t.co/RYwWOR2gCB
— Alice Twaite (@alicetwaite) July 18, 2017
NEWLY PUBLISHED CASES FOR EXPLANATION OR COMMENT
Gibbs v Gibbs [2017] EWHC 1700 (Fam) (29 June 2017) Analysis of Mr Justice Hayden’s decision to commit a parent to prison for 9 months for sustained non compliance with an order of the family court:
The limits on the courts influence over disputes about children Part II @SVPhillimore looks at Gibbs v Gibbs https://t.co/7bY5yrUTsP
— transparency project (@seethrujustice) July 10, 2017
IN OTHER TRANSPARENCY NEWS
Thanks to all those who responded to, or commented on, our newly published Guide for Families on Publication of Family Court Judgments. We welcome all constructive feedback:
Publication of Family Court Judgments: excellent guidance issued by @seethrujustice https://t.co/J3BIKX8Yjm
— FLBA (@FamilyLawBar) July 10, 2017
New guidance for social workers on publication of court judgments.https://t.co/HUJnxorAt9
— Community Care (@CommunityCare) July 12, 2017
Guide from The Transparency Project aims to help parties with the publishing of family law judgments https://t.co/RePDolND58
— Family Law Week (@familylawweek) July 12, 2017
Good to get some attention for our guidance, but we didn't actually say lawyers were too cautious! https://t.co/6PsPQ56iT7
— transparency project (@seethrujustice) July 11, 2017
Local Government Lawyer on @seethrujustice guide to publication of family court judgments here: https://t.co/hbHUWWV588
— transparency project (@seethrujustice) July 13, 2017
- Other individuals:
Another superb resource from @seethrujustice assisting families and professionals when thinking about whether and how to publish judgments. https://t.co/5n8goXyZKb
— C.J. Lee (@_C_J_Lee_) July 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/JerryLonsdale1/status/885240654531612672
More information, links to the press release, and the wider series of guidance notes (funded by the Legal Education Fund) are at this post.
The Transparency Project responded to announcement of a new panel at the Attorney General’s office ‘to drive forward public legal education’. See this twitter thread below for other interesting comments :
Will the panel consider PLE in family law? A very pressing issue. We'd be happy to contribute.
— transparency project (@seethrujustice) July 20, 2017
Feature pic: Courtesy of Flickr Lauri Heikkinenon via Creative Commons licence – thanks