by Paul M | Jan 4, 2022 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Last month HM Courts and Tribunals Service published their own research into user experiences of remote hearings: Evaluation of remote hearings during the COVID 19 pandemic. The report analyses responses to surveys conducted between May and October 2020 with public...
by Julie Doughty | Dec 21, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch
On 24 November, the BBC broadcast the story above. The Court of Protection (CoP) judgment, PH & Anor v Brighton And Hove City Council [2021] EWCOP 63, has now been published on BAILII. The full name of the case is: PH and RH v (1) Brighton and Hove City Council...
by Lucy R | Oct 29, 2021 | Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
The President’s Transparency Review has finally concluded. After a period long enough to gestate both an elephant and a human baby consecutively, was it worth the wait? Our response is an emphatic ‘Yes’. The president has both acknowledged the massive, weighty,...
by Paul M | Feb 23, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, Notorious, Transparency News
Last week the High Court made a widely publicised decision declaring that a government minister and his department had acted unlawfully in relation to the award of PPE procurement contracts in the early weeks of the pandemic. The case is called R (Good Law Project and...
by Judith Townend | Jul 1, 2020 | Comment, Legal blogging, Transparency News
The chief executive of HMCTS, Susan Acland-Hood, has responded to an open letter from NGOs and academics raising concerns about the provision of open justice measures during the COVID-19 emergency period. In summary, the response confirms: that for public hearings...
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