President and Deputy President of the Supreme Court to give evidence to Lords Constitution Cttee tomorrow.
The session will start at 10:15am on 1 May 2024 live on Parliament TV. parliamentlive.tv/Lords

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Great to see my report for Law Society Gazette and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism referenced by Baroness Brinton during last week's debate. | 'Government hints at action on ‘unregulated experts’' via Eduardo Reyes

Some heavy criticism of the social work regulatory body here.

What the pilot saw: an everyday case management hearing in the Family Court - more legal blogging from @maggotlaw under current Reporting Pilot, reminder of importance of covering routine and unsensational cases
transparencyproject.org.uk/what-the-pilot…

What the pilot saw: an everyday case management hearing in the Family Court - more legal blogging from @maggotlaw under current Reporting Pilot, reminder of importance of covering routine and unsensational cases
transparencyproject.org.uk/what-the-pilot…

Interesting discussion of the pros and cons of the current transparency Reporting Pilot from two family practitioners on Law Pod UK but little by way of actual examples of good or bad practice. (Quite a lot on our blog, btw!) ukhumanrightsblog.com/2024/04/25/law…

A man who raped his wife and frequently wore a body-cam in the home to film his partner & kids attempted to manipulate the family courts into believing he was a victim of domestic abuse, a judge has found. My The Bureau of Investigative Journalism report in partnership with The Observer 👉rb.gy/gigyms

Court of Appeal overturns a case management decision in care proceedings in the Family Court that a fact-finding hearing was unnecessary. CA cautions against dangers of placing too much reliance on first instance decisions:

bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/…

Thanks Hannah, for explaining this. We have referred to it briefly here. transparencyproject.org.uk/paedophiles-to…

‘Paedophiles to be stripped of parental rights’? and other failed legislative amendments - new on the blog. We explain how campaigns to remove PR from offending parents & other #familycourt reforms are progressing (or not) in Parliament transparencyproject.org.uk/paedophiles-to…

Serious medical treatment – the importance of the public record. Thanks to ⁦Alex Ruck Keene⁩ for this reminder of the #CoP publication guidance, followed here by Henke J transparencyproject.org.uk/serious-medica…

This is dreadful. Courts are public buildings even if some of the cases heard in their courtrooms are heard in private.

I've just read through the March 2024 FJC document on Sorting Out Finances on Divorce and I commend it to everyone who might need it - if you are divorcing in England and Wales. Plain English and straightforward information.
judiciary.uk/wp-content/upl…

A petition to protect the title 'psychologist' organised by ACP-UK has tipped over the 10k mark. Nine types of 'psychologist' role are protected (i.e. clinical), regulated by HCPC. But there is a drive to protect the generic title 'psychologist' which anyone can use.

⁦Lucy Reed⁩ pointing out some of the complexity behind the planned law change we reported last week ⁦Harriet Harman⁩ ⁦Louise Tickle⁩ pinktape.co.uk/public-funding…

Lots in the media about law reform that will ‘strip paedophiles of parental rights’ but it doesn’t look like it’s 100% going to work like that

If you're a journalist who has reported from one of the transparency pilot family courts, please might you DM me? I co-ordinate the project @tbij runs to support journalists wanting to report under the new rules, and would really value the chance to hear your impressions. Pls RT