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Justice Minister responds to question in Parliament about transparency in the Family Court process – with a wrong answer…
We've just spotted that in May a Conservative MP, Robert Halfon posed this written question in the House of Commons : To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve transparency in the Family Court process. Last week, Justice...
Too much transparency even for me
I know I'm the chair of the Transparency Project so I'm supposed to be all 'More transparency! Raahhhh!'. At least that is what people assume, as if transparency and privacy are mutually exclusive and as if we have to pick sides. I wish it were that simple.... Last...
The Care Review ‘Case for Change’: A social worker/family justice eye view
The ongoing Care Review in England has been described by its leadership as ‘a once in a generation opportunity to transform the children’s social care system and improve the lives of children and their families’. It is generating much discussion amongst practitioners...
UK ordered to pay damages to social worker for failing to provide an effective remedy for breaches of her human rights
In 2017, we wrote about a case where a family court judge came in for some very serious criticism for his treatment of professionals in the course of a judgment. This post provides an update in light of a new judgment relating to the same case. You can read our...
The Lachaux libel case returns with an expensive result for the publishers
This post is not about family law; it’s about defamation law. It involves alleged behaviour by a husband (Bruno Lachaux) to his wife (Afsana Lachaux). Since their separation, Mr and Mrs Lachaux have been involved in litigation in the family court which we wrote about...
The Harm Report – one year on
June 2021 sees the first anniversary of publication of the report 'Assessing risk of harm to children and parents in private law children cases' (the Harm report). We have published a number of posts about the report. The UK government responded to the report that...
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