by Guest Post | Jul 8, 2020 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
This is a guest post by Ursula Rice. Ursula is a Solicitor-Advocate and Director at Family First Solicitors. She tweets as @tweetygraffity. We hope to publish more posts about this Review in the coming days. You can read previous posts here and here. On...
by Judith Townend | Jul 1, 2020 | Comment, Legal bloggers pilot, 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...
by reporting watch team | Jun 28, 2020 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
The final report from the spotlight review of family courts’ handling of domestic abuse has finally been published : Assessing risk of harm to children and parents in private law children cases The report is long and detailed and has generated quite a lot of...
by reporting watch team | Jun 24, 2020 | FCReportingWatch, Legal bloggers pilot, Transparency News
News just in that the legal blogging pilot (PD36J) has been extended until the end of December. The pilot has been running since 2018 and allows legally qualified legal bloggers to attend private family hearings to aid transparency. Earlier this year the Family...
by Paul M | Jun 7, 2020 | Comment, Transparency News, Trends
“The rapid expansion of the use of remote hearings has been central to facilitating the continued operation of the justice system”, notes Dr Natalie Byrom in the introduction to her report, for the Civil Justice Council, examining the impact of the changes mandated by...
by Lucy R | Jun 4, 2020 | FCReportingWatch, Project, Transparency News
We are super pleased to be able to tell you that we have won a £1,000 Movement for Good award, thanks to nominations from you guys! If you will excuse the pun, this is grand news! The project is one of 500 winners in specialist insurer Ecclesiastical’s Movement...
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