Posted in ancillary relief, celebrity, divorce, financial, news, openness on March 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, we all knew there would be some kind of appeal - and apparently it is by way of Heather Mills McCartney appealing the decision to make the full judgment public, due to be heard tomorrow. In the meantime here is a link to the summary of the judgment published today.
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In short, Heather Mills McCartney [...]
Posted in courts, family, openness on January 14, 2008 | No Comments »
The Times reports that the government has had further thoughts on the subject of open justice. After consulting and then shelving its original proposals for opening up the family court system it seems that there is a now a plan, albeit in the early stages, to pilot anonymised judgments in three areas of the country.
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Posted in contact, courts, family, fathers, openness, residence, stuff on October 21, 2007 | 12 Comments »
The privacy of the family justice system makes it difficult for the public to get a good idea about what steps the courts are prepared to take in order to ensure that a child has a relationship with both parents. Those sources which are most critical of the ’secret family justice system’ often suggest that the courts [...]
Posted in family, law, news, openness on October 16, 2007 | No Comments »
The Guardian reports that a newspaper is appealing a decision to allow the identity of a man convicted of child pornography offences to remain anonymous in order to protect his daughters from possible bullying. The Court of Appeal will consider this matter, unusually with a five Judge panel - no doubt because of the public interest in the [...]
Posted in family, openness, other legal blogs, stuff on September 25, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Whilst I welcome comment on this blog - both of the kind that showers me with praise and the kind that disagrees with me (of which the former is something of a rarity), I do sometimes wonder why people who hold such strong views and who comment prolifically on this blog don’t simply go out and [...]
Posted in courts, family, openness on September 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Just a reminder that the Ministry of Justice consultation on the revised proposals regarding openness in family courts closes on 1 October. So for those of you who want to respond with your views on whether or not the government is proposing the right way forward - the clock is ticking.
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