by reporting watch team | Feb 15, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Today, independent journalist and Transparency Project member Louise Tickle took her appeal against a reporting restriction order made by a family judge, to the Court of Appeal. She won. Louise and others are now able to report the story of a mother’s long...
by Polly Morgan | Feb 11, 2019 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
On 8 February, justice minister David Gauke announced proposals to reform the law of divorce to introduce ‘no fault divorce’. What is the current law? Currently, a person wanting to divorce must prove that their marriage has irretrievably broken down and...
by reporting watch team | Jan 28, 2019 | Transparency News
Cafcass hold two of their board meetings in public each year to promote transparency, engagement and trust. 23rd January 2019 was a working board meeting with a focus on sharing early thinking about a strategy refresh. The presentation slides were swiftly emailed out...
by Paul M | Jan 9, 2019 | Comment, Transparency News
“More than 150,000 people benefited from online justice in 2018”, according to a press release last week from HM Courts & Tribunals Service. Of these, more than 23,000 made applications using the new online divorce portal launched to the public in April 2018, and...
by reporting watch team | Jan 3, 2019 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
This is a guest post by barrister Martin Downs (@MartinJDowns) and social worker Nicola McGeown (@NicolaMcgeown) about an interesting project running in Sussex. It is a commonplace that the family justice system has faced a decade of constrained budgets, increased...
by Julie D | Dec 12, 2018 | FCReportingWatch, Legal bloggers pilot, Transparency News
Family Law publishes a regular column by The Transparency Project. This blog post originally appeared in the November 2018 issue, [2018] Fam Law 1465. THE NEW PILOT SCHEME FROM OCTOBER 2018 We are very pleased with the outcome of our application to the Family...
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