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‘Private law children reform: a long and winding road, with Professor Hunter’

‘Private law children reform: a long and winding road, with Professor Hunter’

by Alice T | Sep 16, 2019 | Comment, FCReportingWatch

The Transparency Project was pleased to receive an invitation to this seminar hosted by Rights of Women, which took place on 3rd September in London. I popped along on their behalf. Dashed hopes  My hope was that we might glean something of the progress and...
Olly Sheridan: A childhood on the run or a safe way back? (How we went about trying to report a recent hearing)

Olly Sheridan: A childhood on the run or a safe way back? (How we went about trying to report a recent hearing)

by Alice T | Feb 14, 2019 | Legal bloggers pilot

On 1st (and 13th) February the High Court heard Olly Sheridan’s case again. Ellie Yarrow disappeared with Olly (aged 3) in the middle of family court proceedings about the arrangements for his care. We wrote about the background here and here. Ellie and Olly are still...
Day 2 of the legal blogging pilot – Attending as a non-practising solicitor, under the umbrella of the Transparency Project

Day 2 of the legal blogging pilot – Attending as a non-practising solicitor, under the umbrella of the Transparency Project

by Alice T | Oct 2, 2018 | FCReportingWatch, Legal bloggers pilot

On day two of the new legal blogging pilot I headed to the East London Family Court to check out how easy it would be to take up the new right to (normally) attend (most) family court hearings (just as an accredited journalist can). And to see what challenges it might...
English councils confirm they set targets for the number of children to be adopted 

English councils confirm they set targets for the number of children to be adopted 

by Alice T | Nov 17, 2016 | Transparency News

This collaborative post, based on Alice Twaite’s research, is Part Two of our work on adoption targets. [Update : You will now find the press release issued on publication and links those responses to this post which we are aware of at the foot of this post.]...

Update on Freedom of Information responses about adoption ‘targets’

by Alice T | Jul 17, 2016 | Trends

We have received around 120 replies so far, from 173 English and Welsh councils asked about adoption performance management (including ‘targets’), under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This is the second stage of research we began late last year into whether, and...
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