by Lucy R | Feb 6, 2016 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Resources, Transparency News
Transparency Project members Lucy Reed and Louise Tickle wrote an article on this topic for Family Law Journal in January. Jordans have kindly given permission for that article to be republished here. If you would like to read the article please click here to download...
by Sarah P | Feb 1, 2016 | Comment
This post arises out of a recent comment by a parent on the Child Protection Resource site. I sat in a court waiting room in the not too distant past, when I noticed a lawyer go up to the client and say the judge wants to see us in chambers. So the client sat there...
by Lucy R | Jan 31, 2016 | Resources
Part of the aims of the Transparency Project is to gather resources to help others to promote openness and hence greater understanding about how the family court system works. I am attempting to start the ball rolling with my suggestions as to what could usefully be...
by Sarah P | Jan 31, 2016 | Resources
The Child Protection Resource site is administered by Transparency Project member Sarah Phillimore. It aims to provide information about the child protection system to anyone who is involved with or interested in the system and also hopes to spark discussion about how...
by Louise Tickle | Jan 25, 2016 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Notorious
Should the standard of proof for child sexual abuse be lowered so that more of those accused can be tried and convicted in the criminal courts? This seemed to be the argument being made by Anne Longfield, children’s commissioner for England, on the Today programme...
by Sarah P | Jan 24, 2016 | Events
#CPConf2016 Where and When? Friday June 3rd 2016 The Priory Rooms, Birmingham 40 Bull Street B4 6AF. Following the success of CPConf2015 – Is the Child Protection System Fit for Purpose? – the Transparency Project is pleased to announce its support for the second...
by Lucy R | Jan 19, 2016 | Cases, Notorious
The Daily Mail has reported a story today with the headline “Four-year-old boy will be taken away from parents with learning difficulties because social workers say he’s ‘not getting the cuddles he needs’”. It is a story arising from the judgment of the...
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...
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