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Injuries to a baby: Part 2 – the court’s decisions
This post follows on from the first part of my report on care proceedings in Cardiff Family Court published here. I was uncertain as to exactly what the judge would decide about who had caused Claire's injuries. There were no Perry Mason moments of discovery and...
Injuries to a baby: Part 1 – a mystery to be solved by the family court
One evening in autumn 2023, a young couple took their five month old baby to an emergency hospital where she was diagnosed with numerous physical injuries (some very serious) which the parents couldn’t explain. Local authority children’s services were called in and...
The review of the presumption of parental involvement – latest news
As you can read about here, we've been regularly sending Freedom of Information requests to the Ministry of Justice about the ‘urgent’ review they were undertaking on the presumption of parental involvement. The statutory presumption that it's in a child's welfare for...
PR about PR
Here at The Transparency Project, we sometimes receive press releases from law firms. It’s common for barristers’ chambers and law firms to promote their involvement in different cases, and sometimes on the unpopular side of those cases. It’s absolutely crucial to the...
New practice guidance on intermediaries in family courts
New practice guidance ‘The use of Intermediaries, Lay Advocates and Cognitive Assessments in the Family Court’, was issued by the President of the Family Division on 23 January. The guidance is quite brief and refers to three court judgments delivered over the...
Court of Appeal says judges’ names should not be anonymised
The Court of Appeal has unanimously allowed an appeal by journalists Louise Tickle, Hannah Summers and several media organisations against an order made by Mr Justice Williams in December 2024 to keep the identities of Family Court judges anonymous. These judges had...
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