by reporting watch team | Apr 4, 2018 | Consultations, Transparency News
The Ministry of Justice recently ran a consultation on the future strategy for HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) in its approach to court and tribunal estate reform, viewed in the context of the current digital modernisation programme. The consultation was...
by reporting watch team | Apr 4, 2018 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
We’ve written before about cases where we wished we’d been present alongside journalists to report on a case, to see if we saw the same things, or selected the same information to report. And we’ve regularly challenged, corrected or explained not...
by reporting watch team | Mar 31, 2018 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
This week, the Judicial Reviews of the Parole Board’s decision to release serial sex offender John Worboys were successful. Apart from quashing the decision and sending it back to be reconsidered on better evidence, the High Court also struck down that bit of...
by David Burrows | Mar 1, 2018 | Explanation, Transparency News
AKA When is a single Family Court not a unified Family Court? This post is an attempt to explain a rather technical piece of guidance that was issued yesterday. It has been tricky trying to make it easy to get your head around, but we’ve done our best. Here goes… In...
by Paul M | Feb 16, 2018 | Transparency News
Media and Communications List User Group The Queen’s Bench Division Media and Communications List User Group (MACLUG) met again on 15 February to discuss progress since its inaugural meeting on 7 November 2017. (See ICLR blog, Media Litigation: a new approach ) The...
by reporting watch team | Feb 14, 2018 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
‘Voice of the Child: How to help children’s voices be heard loud and clear throughout the family court process‘: This was the title of an Open Board Meeting at Cafcass we attended recently. (Cafcass transparently hold two ‘open’ board...
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