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...
by Paul M | Aug 1, 2023 | Comment, Court of Protection, Explanation
Yet again a judgment in a contempt of court case has revealed problems around transparency and open justice. The case is Esper v NHS North West London Integrated Care Board [2023] EWCOP 29; [2023] WLR(D) 300, and is a decision of Mr Justice Poole. This case has also...
by Julie Doughty | Jun 4, 2023 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
It is now 14 years since the Family Procedure Rules were amended to allow ‘accredited media representatives’ i.e. journalists to attend most types of family court hearings, and more than four years since ‘duly authorised lawyers’ i.e. legal...
by Paul M | May 25, 2023 | Comment, Trends
Winning public confidence in IPSO’s independence and effectiveness remains an uphill task, according to its latest external review. While the newspaper regulator is generally well managed, its performance in dealing with complaints could be more efficient and timely,...
by Paul M | Mar 24, 2023 | Comment, Court of Protection, Transparency News
The Court of Protection will, on rare occasions, not only hear a case in private but do so without telling one of the parties or their representatives, even after it’s happened. This is known as a ‘closed’ hearing. The court has power to do so under the Court of...
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