by Julie Doughty | Jul 4, 2024 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Reporting Pilot
I’m taking up this report from Lucy’s of 5 May. This is our first successful legal blogging from a hearing before magistrates in the family court – which the mainstream media appear to be ignoring. Magistrates hear the less complicated cases which are unlikely to...
by Paul M | May 5, 2024 | Comment, Transparency News
Giving the keynote speech at the Society of Editors 25th anniversary conference on 30 April 2024 the Lady Chief Justice, Baroness Carr of Walton-On-The-Hill, announced the establishment of a new Transparency and Open Justice Board, to be chaired by Mr Justice...
by Guest Post | Apr 25, 2024 | Cases, Court of Protection
This is a guest post by Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) reproduced with his permission from the Mental Capacity Law and Policy blog. In 2014, a (relatively) very long time ago, Sir James Munby, then President of the Court of Protection, issued guidance on the publication of...
by reporting watch team | Feb 11, 2024 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, FOI
We have now had a reply from the Ministry of Justice to our second annual request under the Freedom of Information Act about the ‘urgent’ (2020) review of the presumption of parental involvement. Details are explained in this post. In short, we have been trying to...
by reporting watch team | Jan 12, 2024 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Reporting Pilot, Transparency News
As anticipated, the Reporting Pilot is now being extended to more courts – another 16, as well as the existing pilot in Cardiff, Carlisle and Leeds. We have copied the Judiciary press release below. As more metropolitan courts are now included, we may well see a...
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