by Lucy R | Jan 17, 2016 | Project
The Transparency Project would like to thank the Ipswich Quakers for making us their charity of the month and raising a super £104.50. Every little helps as although we’ve been very busy we have yet to source any core funding so are dependent on donations like...
by Julie Doughty | Jan 13, 2016 | Cases
The Guardian and the Whitby Gazette have featured a complaint by ‘a former Lib Dem MP’ about a family court judgment in which the judge, HHJ Anderson, specifically explains that she will not name the local authority or the social workers involved. The...
by Lucy R | Dec 17, 2015 | Resources
Full Fact is an independent fact checking organisation : www.fullfact.org, @fullfact. In the past, Full Fact has been mainly associated with statistics: as relevant to family justice as to any other walk of life. We’ve checked topics including whether black children...
by Lucy R | Dec 17, 2015 | Project, Transparency News
We’re really pleased that we have today been able to published the guidance we promised about the recording of social workers by parents where there is local authority involvement with the family. The guidance is intended to be used by parents and their advisers...
by Julie Doughty | Nov 25, 2015 | Comment, Court of Protection, Transparency News
This is a guest post by Lucy Series. An extended version of this post appears on The Small Places blog. The Court of Protection has just announced its first pilot project: on transparency. The pilot project will reverse the presumption in the Court of Protection...
by Sarah P | Nov 24, 2015 | Comment
I attended the FJC debate at the Strand Palace hotel on November 24th. I will write a longer article for Jordans Family Law, to do justice to the full range of opinions expressed, but I will set out the highlights here for those who I know were keen to come, but...
by Lucy Reed | Nov 17, 2015 | Project
We are really pleased to welcome two new members to the Transparency Project project group : journalist Louise Tickle and researcher Judith Townend. We think that their involvement will help broaden out our range of expertise and perspectives, to include those working...
by Lucy R | Nov 11, 2015 | Analysis, Cases
Guest contribution by Conor James McKinney, Full Fact Writer/Researcher Full Fact is the UK’s only independent factchecking organisation. We check factual claims made by politicians, journalists and pressure groups, and stop misinformation spreading by pressing for...
by Sarah P | Nov 3, 2015 | Events
I was very pleased to be invited to this workshop by Dr Claire Fenton-Glynn and Dr Ruth Lamont, to hear them speak along with Dr Julie Doughty, fellow Transparency Project member. Dr Fenton-Glynn in particular has done excellent work in attempting to disseminate...
by Julie Doughty | Nov 2, 2015 | Cases, Explanation
An important judgment, Louise Tickle v the Council of the Borough of North Tyeside was published on BAILII last week. It has been reported on the UK Human Rights blog and on Inforrm. This was an application by journalist, Louise Tickle, for permission to publish...
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