Tuesday 28 April 2009

Opening up family courts

There is a podcast of today's Woman's Hour (available for seven days) which includes a lively discussion of the benefits or otherwise of allowing reporters (under restrictions) into England & Wales family courts from this week on, as well as of the wisdom of removing some of those restrictions. Camilla Cavendish, who has been mentioned here before, is on the side of more reporting. Caroline Little (no relation) of the Association of Lawyers for Children takes the opposite view.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I understand that the present Government is looking to introduce legislation which will allow Coroners Inquests to be held in private, banning reporters and family members....