Lord Justice Munby recently delivered the annual Hershman Levy Lecture on the topic of Transparency and the Children Schools and Families Act 2010, in which he referred to my recent article in Family Law, republished here. You can read the lecture here on the Association of Lawyers for Children website.
Posts Tagged ‘children’
Hershman Levy Memorial Lecture – Munby LJ on Transparency
Posted in stuff, tagged children, open justice, openness, privacy, transparency on July 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION IN CHILDREN MATTERS – CHILDREN SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES ACT 2010
Posted in stuff, tagged access to justice, children, open justice, publicity, secrecy on June 30, 2010 | 7 Comments »
The Children Schools and Families Act 2010 made its way through ‘wash up’ and received Royal Assent on 8 April 2010. Amongst other things (not dealt with here) it makes substantial and controversial changes to the law concerning the publication of material relating to family proceedings, which are summarised below. There will be repeals and [...]
F4J Relaunch
Posted in stuff, tagged campaigns, children, family court system, fathers, reform on June 5, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Pootling around on the internet in the light of this weeks horse painting shennanigans I came across Matt O’Connor’s new blog Father4Justice, the new F4J website (be warned, it looks nice but plays annoying music which won’t turn off) and facebook group for the recently relaunched Fathers 4 Justice. Matt O’Connor’s first substantive blog post explaining [...]
Contact Activities – the big giveaway!
Posted in stuff, tagged children, contact activity directions, domestic violence, parenting, public funding on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Contact Activity Directions – remember them? Yes, the little used Contact Activity provisions have received a bit of a boost as of 1 April: they are now provided free of charge to any parent ordered to attend such an activity. . Previously, you will recall (or perhaps not): parents who were eligible for public funding [...]
Shock News – Family Justice System Stretched to Breaking Point
Posted in stuff, tagged children, contact, family justice system, judgments, public funding, resources on May 17, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Thanks to Family Law Week for alerting me to this judgment of Thorpe LJ in which the court considered the proper husbanding of limited resources in determining the way forward in a contact case. It was in the course of that judgment last year that Thorpe LJ remarked that the family justice system was ‘stretched [...]