Allegations of domestic abuse : are family courts working for children & families?

by reporting watch team | Nov 26, 2018 | FCReportingWatch

Last Thursday The Transparency Project facilitated a panel discussion at Gresham College to ask the question : Allegations of domestic abuse – are family courts working for children & families? Our thanks go to the fantastic panel, volunteers and chair who...

Domestic Abuse Guidance Note launched

by reporting watch team | Nov 22, 2018 | Events, Guidance Note

The Transparency Project is proud to launch its latest guidance note on the topic of domestic abuse today. The guidance note will be launched formally at tonight’s Panel discussion : Allegations of domestic abuse : are family courts working for children &...

Judge takes over father’s cross-examination in case involving rape allegations – and it ends up being unfair on everyone involved

by reporting watch team | Jul 30, 2018 | Cases, FCReportingWatch

Mr Justice Hayden is a High Court Judge who has been very outspoken about the potential for the court process to be abusive of those who are already victims of domestic abuse. In a case called Re A (a minor) (fact finding; unrepresented party) [2017] EWHC 1195 (Fam),...

Domestic Abuse – exaggeration is not required

by reporting watch team | Jul 23, 2018 | FCReportingWatch

This week in the House of Commons, during a debate about Domestic Abuse and the Family Courts, Jess Phillips MP said this : …There is often friction among specialist women’s organisations, the judiciary and lawyers with regard to issues to do with violence...

Dealing with sex abuse: How does the Family Court assess risk?

by Paul M | Mar 4, 2018 | Comment

In the latest in her series of lectures on Transparency in the Family Justice System, Gresham Professor of Law, Jo Delahunty QC considered the problems faced by the courts in dealing with family law cases involving allegations of child sex abuse.   A warning Jo...