From one President to another

by reporting watch team | May 7, 2021 | Analysis, Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

This is the text of a submission to the President of the Family Division’s Transparency Review made by Sir James Munby (former President of the Family Division), in advance of the oral evidence session scheduled for 17 May 2021. It is published here with kind...

Covid-19 and the courts – The House of Lords Constitution Committee’s report

by Paul M | Apr 11, 2021 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

In a report published at the end of last month the House of Lords Constitution Committee made a number of criticisms of the way the courts have responded to the coronavirus pandemic and the suspension of live hearings necessitated by the lockdown, and made various...

That Harms Report – Part 3

by Lucy R | Oct 1, 2020 | Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch

This post was originally published on the Pink Tape blog on 28 September 2020 and represents the view of the author. We have published a number of other posts about the Harms report which you can read here, here and here. PART 3 This is a three part blog post. Part 1...

That Harms Report – Part 2

by Lucy R | Oct 1, 2020 | Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch

This post was originally published on the Pink Tape blog on 28 September 2020 and represents the view of the author. We have published a number of other posts about the Harms report which you can read here, here and here. PART 2 In Part 1 of this blog series, I talked...

That Harms Report – Part 1

by Lucy R | Oct 1, 2020 | Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch

This post was originally published on the Pink Tape blog on 28 September 2020 and represents the view of the author. We have published a number of other posts about the Harms report which you can read here, here and here. I’ve been chewing this one over for a...

Remote hearings: Surveying where we are at

by reporting watch team | Sep 24, 2020 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch

As lawyers and judges become increasingly accustomed to remote hearings, is there a danger of professional complacency about parents’ access to justice? In April, we published the interim results of our survey about remote hearings in the Family Court which we...