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Making cases smaller – while ensuring a fair trial
We’ve noticed a number of recent family court judgments where Mrs Justice Lieven in the High Court is seriously attempting to tackle some of the causes of delays in family court cases and also addressing problems created by the scarcity of publicly funded resources....
Another happy ending in East London Family Court – legal blogging under the extended Reporting Pilot
Returning to East London Family Court after my first experience of legal blogging under the Reporting Pilot (recently extended to this court), I was able to see another judge at work and to witness yet another happy resolution to what had evidently been a long and...
Contact arrangements where there’s a history of coercive control
This judgment published last week on The National Archives - FW v MJ [2024]EWFC 33 (B) caught our eye because it's unusual for a judgment by a district judge to be published. The reasons for the low numbers were investigated by a TIG (Transparency Implementation...
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Contempt of court – yet more confusion and inconsistency over naming of guilty party
Yet again a judgment in a contempt of court case has revealed problems around transparency and open justice. The case is Esper v NHS North West London Integrated Care Board [2023] EWCOP 29; [2023] WLR(D) 300, and is a decision of Mr Justice Poole. This case has also...
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Open Letter to the LCJ: HMCTS guidance on public access to courts
Dear Lady Chief Justice, We write on behalf of the Courts and Tribunals Observers’ Network, a UK-based initiative focused on how the public can be supported to observe courts and access court information in digital and physical environments, to express our concerns...
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