by Julie Doughty | Aug 6, 2015 | Cases, Transparency News
This has been pretty horrible week for anyone interested in children’s services and family justice, what with the closure of BAAF and the controversy around Kids Company. And yet more criticism of social workers… Although I’m all for transparency,...
by Lucy R | Aug 4, 2015 | Cases, Explanation, Transparency News
Wigan Borough Council v Fisher & Ors v Fisher & Thomas (Rev 1) [2015] EWFC 34 (21 April 2015) is a decision of Mr Justice Peter Jackson in which he considers whether a judgment in care proceedings should be published. The interesting features of it are : The...
by Lucy R | Aug 2, 2015 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, Notorious
This judgment of Mr Justice Holman was published in June. You can read it in full on BAILII here : Fields v Fields (Rev 1) [2015] EWHC 1670 (Fam) (04 June 2015). It is a decision made in financial remedy proceedings (sorting out the finances after separation of a...
by Lucy R | Jul 31, 2015 | Resources
www.familycourtinfo.org.uk is a site containing basic information and links to resources. It was developed for family court users in the Bristol, Gloucester, Bath and Weston Family Court area, so lots of the information is local to that, but you may still find it...
by Lucy R | Jul 30, 2015 | Resources
UPDATE JUN 2024 – we are reviewing our documentation and will republish it here when that is complete. The linked document below is no longer current, but we have left it live for information purposes whilst we review. Earlier this year a team of lawyers in...
by Sarah P | Jul 24, 2015 | Comment
I wrote one blog post this week which I thought was about one thing – the irritating promotion of a dangerous untruth that the UK is the ‘only’ country in Europe or even the World that permits ‘forced adoption’. Interestingly, the focus...
by Sarah P | Jul 23, 2015 | Comment
The continuing myth that the UK is the ‘only’ country that permits ‘forced adoption’. It is ironic to note that the source of the title quote, so often used by the late great Sir Terry Pratchett has itself often been falsely attitributed...
by Julie Doughty | Jul 17, 2015 | Comment
Or – Will we ever have a responsible, regulated press in the UK? Here at the Transparency Project, we are always conscious of the need to balance the interests of freedom of expression with privacy and the public with private interests. These principles were...
by Paul M | Jun 26, 2015 | Analysis, Cases, Notorious, Transparency News
We believe that transparency in family justice relies on recognition of human rights. Essentially, achieving transparency in a way that balances everyone’s rights (including the rights of children) can be explained through three important Articles in the European...
by Lucy R | Jun 23, 2015 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, Notorious
Christopher Booker wrote about the case of Ethan Williams in The Telegraph this weekend, in an article entitled : When judges defy instinct, it is children who pay the price – We were presented with two flatly opposing views of the story of Rebecca Minnock, who...
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