Next, our analysis of the transcript we (finally) obtained, showing what the legal advisors and magistrates said in support of excluding Paul from the hearing. transparencyproject.org.uk/have-you-tho...

'Have you thought about giving notice?'

It has taken five months for us to be able to tell this story. Ordinary cases matter. Open Justice shouldn't be this hard.

(that last post links to the transcript, btw). And finally, an updated post detailing our travails to get to this point, where we had permission to write about Paul’s experience & an objective record of what actually happened. It’s been a long ol’ 5 months! transparencyproject.org.uk/frustrated-o...

Frustrated: our attempts to report on family court hearing before Magistrates – a system in overload

If we can't navigate the system what hope for litigants in person? As far as we know legal bloggers at The Transparency Project are the only reporters who h