by Paul M | Sep 13, 2018 | Comment, Transparency News
Judges should publish more judgments online, and they should engage more with the media, according to the Lord Chief Justice. “We cannot complain that the public does not understand what we do, and its importance, if we do not take steps to lift the veil a...
by Lucy R | Sep 12, 2018 | FCReportingWatch
Family Law publishes a regular column by The Transparency Project. This blog post originally appeared in the August 2018 issue, [2018] Fam Law 1062. As we noted in our June column, ‘Press reporting on family courts’ [2018] Fam Law 750, there seems...
by Sarah P | Sep 11, 2018 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
On September 6th 2018 The Sun published an article ‘They Stole my Baby’ – Mum’s heartbreaking tale of how secret courts took her baby away forever – as we reveal children are being ripped from parents in record numbers. What follows is the usual...
by reporting watch team | Sep 10, 2018 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Last autumn we covered the so-called ‘muslim foster carer’ case, over a number of blog posts (you can find those posts here). This week, just as we’d given up hope of ever finding out what happened to the little girl at the heart of the case, the...
by Paul M | Sep 9, 2018 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Trends
A long awaited reform of the divorce laws in England and Wales now seems close to becoming a reality, after Buzzfeed News revealed on 7 September that “justice secretary David Gauke is set to announce a consultation on no-fault divorce in which he will call for...
by reporting watch team | Aug 22, 2018 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
We are very excited. After months of liaison with the Family Procedure Rules Committee our proposal to permit legal bloggers into family court hearings is going to be piloted. The pilot will launch on 1 October and run for 9 months until 30 June 2019, so it’s no...
by Barbara Rich | Aug 21, 2018 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Burki v. Seventy Thirty Ltd, Seventy Thirty Ltd v. Burki [2018] EWHC 2151 (QB) A recent High Court judgment offers a vivid glimpse into the real-life world of “Wry Society”, a regular feature in the Financial Times How to Spend Itmagazine, which holds a mirror up to...
by reporting watch team | Aug 18, 2018 | FCReportingWatch
Correcting, clarifying or commenting on media reports of family court cases Explaining or commenting on published judgments of family court cases Highlighting other transparency news MEDIA (MIS)REPORTS OF FAMILY COURT CASES BBC News – In the last Roundup we...
by reporting watch team | Aug 14, 2018 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Hampshire County Council v C.E. and N.E. (Urgent preliminary ruling procedure – Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments in matters of parental responsibility – Opinion) [2018] EUECJ C-325/18PPU_O (07 August 2018) Introduction The following...
by reporting watch team | Aug 12, 2018 | FCReportingWatch, Project, Transparency News
Closing date : noon 10 September 2018. £30,000 p.a. plus 3% pension contribution. 12 month contract. 35 h pw. Potential job share, semi-flexible hours. Work from home. About us The Transparency Project is a small charity founded in 2015 that aims to make family courts...
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