by Lucy R | Apr 13, 2015 | Analysis, Cases, Trends
We’ve been having some discussions behind the scenes about jigsaw identification here at TP recently. Not very transparent I grant you, but the problem is that our discussions have centred upon some judgments that one commenter was anxious might have given away...
by Paul M | Apr 4, 2015 | Cases, Trends
This is both a summary and a review of BBC’s flagship current affairs programme, Panorama, which last week tackled the issue of legal aid cuts and the phenomenal rise in the number of litigants in person (LIPs) now using the courts in civil and family cases. The...
by Julie Doughty | Apr 4, 2015 | Cases, Transparency News
(‘Organic’ – characterised by gradual or natural development – OED) So say the Court of Appeal, in a judgment given in a case called Re C (A Child) on 24 March; the full judgment has not yet been published. The judges in this case commented that...
by Lucy R | Apr 3, 2015 | Cases, Explanation
This case about a financial claim on divorce hit the mainstream media recently (see for example The Telegraph here. The case involved a millionaire divorcee Barry Stocker. At first blush it seems surprising that either one of a wealthy couple should be “left too...
by Lucy R | Apr 3, 2015 | Comment, Trends
This is a guest post by “Judi”. Judi is a parent who has been through the Family Court who has acted as a Litigant in Person and McKenzie Friend. Once upon a time, in this land places called courts used to have public counters that opened reasonable hours,...
by Sarah P | Mar 20, 2015 | Comment, Events
To ban or not to ban? We have had a debate about our ‘ground rules’ for the conference on 1st June. We have all agreed that, if there are people we have serious grounds to suspect don’t share our aims and objectives and those people are likely to try...
by Allan Norman | Feb 15, 2015 | Comment, Trends
OK, it’s not a pithy title. It is, however, the formal title of the document that I’m about to review. And it is an accurate description of what the document is about. Here it is:...
by Lucy Reed | Feb 9, 2015 | Project
Contact The Transparency Project via email: General enquiries : info@transparencyproject.org.uk Trustees: Lucy Reed (Chair 2015-2025), Julie Doughty (Chair 2026), Polly Morgan and Paul Magrath trustees@transparencyproject.org.uk Bluesky:...
by Lucy Reed | Feb 9, 2015 | Project
This is a record of a working document, from which our constitution was drawn. The Transparency Project aims to promote the transparency of Family Court proceedings in England and Wales through providing straightforward, accurate and accessible information for...
by Lucy Reed | Feb 9, 2015 | Project
We are a charitable incorporated organisation. The Transparency Project Constitution can be downloaded here [amended 25 March 2024]. The objects of the Transparency Project as set out in the constitution are : To advance the education of the public in the subject of...
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