by Barbara Rich | Aug 18, 2017 | Analysis, Comment, Court of Protection
An interview with recently-retired senior judge of the Court of Protection, Denzil Lush, on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Tuesday 15 August 2017, and associated coverage on the BBC News website and other mainstream media, has led to a flurry of comment and...
by reporting watch team | Aug 16, 2017 | Comment, Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post from Victoria Butler Cole (@TorButlerCole), with contributions made by Heledd Wyn (@heledd_wyn) and regular Transparency Project contributor Barbara Rich (@barbararich_law). On 15 August 2017, the BBC ran a story about powers of attorney arising...
by Paul M | May 27, 2017 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Party manifestos rarely include specific proposals for legislation or changes in the law, tending instead to go for rather woolly and vague aspirations which are less likely to come back and bite them if and when they get into power. But in the 2017 general election...
by reporting watch team | Mar 29, 2017 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
MP Suella Fernandes has written a plea for wide ranging reform of family law in The Times (paywall) : Why family law needs reform now She asks for reform of the law in terms of child arrangements when parents separate, asking for better enforcement, a 3...
by Judith Townend | Jan 17, 2017 | Comment
The notion that justice must be seen to be done needs little introduction to either a lay or legal audience, but its familiarity belies an underlying complexity. See, for example, PNM v Times Newspapers, to be heard by the Supreme Court this week. The court will...
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