by Paul M | Apr 7, 2019 | Transparency News, Trends
A comprehensive and interactive online research resource, containing all the evidence and publications of the Leveson Inquiry into press misconduct (2011-12) has been developed and hosted by Kingston University under the leadership of its Professor of Journalism,...
by reporting watch team | Apr 6, 2019 | Cases, Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
There has been a lot of coverage of remarks apparently made by Mr Justice Hayden this week about the ‘fundamental human right’ of a man to have sex with his wife. We think that the press coverage and twitter interest emanate from a Press Association (PA)...
by Guest Post | Apr 5, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Comment
This is a guest post by Tom Wright, an associate tutor and PhD candidate in Media Law at University of East Anglia. This post first appeared on Tom’s blog, and we are grateful to him for permission to republish it here. This Supreme Court judgment is on a defamation...
by reporting watch team | Apr 3, 2019 | FCReportingWatch
We were interested to see the launch of the Byline Times in March. Byline Times does not intend to report the daily news cycle. That’s for others. Our aim is to concentrate on ‘what the papers don’t say’. The heart of our paper will be investigations. We...
by Paul M | Apr 1, 2019 | Comment
Most of us will have heard of the Las Vegas style drive-thru wedding. Now an English law firm is offering clients a drive-thru divorce, among its other more conventional legal services. The Croydon law firm may be the first of its kind in Europe. Having moved...
by reporting watch team | Mar 30, 2019 | FCReportingWatch
Correcting, clarifying or commenting on media reports of family court casesExplaining or commenting on published judgments of family court casesHighlighting other transparency news MEDIA (MIS)REPORTS OF FAMILY COURT CASES The Mail on Sunday – Reported a...
by Paul M | Mar 30, 2019 | Legal blogging, Transparency News
Although I’ve not practised for decades, I’ve spent a lot of time in court. I’ve been a legal journalist and law reporter for most of my working life, so I’m familiar with the courts and their procedures. But it is only since being a member of the Transparency Project...
by Paul M | Mar 30, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This case concerned the question whether, on an appeal, a child was entitled to choose and be represented by a solicitor of her own choice, instead of the solicitor already instructed by the court-appointed guardian. At the time of the appeal the child was almost 13...
by Guest Post | Mar 26, 2019 | FCReportingWatch, Resources
This is a Guest Post by Anne Barlow FAcSS; Professor of Family Law and Policy and Associate Dean for Research, College of Social Sciences & International Studies at the University of Exeter. This was originally posted in the ESRC Society Now magazine as a feature...
by reporting watch team | Mar 24, 2019 | Project
We’ve recently made some minor updates to a number of our guidance notes, which can be found here. We’ve updated the pdfs of each which are free to download and use, and will shortly be updating the online web versions too. Our set of guidance notes now...
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