"The fact is that the MoJ court records are in a complete mess. The only way to make sense of them – bar whipping out the scissors and the pritt stick as I used to do – is to compile all the different lists into a computer software which is capable of searching through them, i.e. Courtsdesk. But MoJ reckons that innovation is a breach of data protection, so here we are. "I think everyone in the media industry would share my complete lack of confidence in HMCTS's ability to produce their own workable version of what Courtsdesk had created. We can only hope."

Journalists voice dismay over court archive deletion www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2026/news/jo... (UK)

Court Reporting Data hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026... Commons debate earlier this week

Posts from Enda Leahy, CEO of Courtsdesk endaleahy.substack.com

#Courtsdesk #dataprotection #openjustice

January 2026 edition of On Hand digital newsletter (exportable to pdf) covering all the latest #dataprotection, #cybersecurity, #contentregulation, #AI, #reputationmanagement, #openjustice, #informationaccess, #digitalmarkets, #humanrights & #ESG news is out sway.cloud.microsoft/3e3H9O7V4dTt...

Top lawyer’s prosecution for ‘blackmail threat’ against journalist… TBIJ and others challenged the decision to hold the disciplinary case in private as an affront to open justice

🗣️ Doubling down on its earlier decision, the Tribunal refused to hear full arguments on our challenge in which we pointed to serious errors in both process and principle for the complete derogation from the fundamental constitutional principle of #OpenJustice.

Superb work by #OpenJustice in releasing the grooming-rape gangs transcripts. These should never have been suppressed or ignored.
transcripts.openjusticeuk.org

⚙️ The new court facility should also be equipped with the most up to date technology to both speed up processes and allow for #openjustice, reducing costs and building public confidence.

Top lawyer’s prosecution for ‘blackmail threat’ against journalist… TBIJ and others challenged the decision to hold the disciplinary case in private as an affront to open justice

👇 Good write up of our #openjustice challenge, alongside @fpcthinktank.bsky.social, @goodlawproject.bsky.social & @tbij.bsky.social, in the #SecretSLAPP case – aptly summarised as "a secret case in which lawyers argue behind closed doors about the conduct of other lawyers”.

This reads very much like a Public Justice Offence over and above that of Contempt of Court.

Of course, no one in the #police will ever be charged with attempting to pervert the course of #Justice in such cases ... but there's enough here to suggest they should!
#OpenJustice
#CriminalJustice

"After getting down to 24 months' jail, he noted Temple's risk of reoffending was low, and the wishes of the victim's family, who didn't want to see him jailed.

Labelling the circumstances of the case as "highly unusual", he converted the sentence to 12 months' home detention."

#BelindaFeek […]

🏛️IMSPARK: Justice Transparent, Not Hidden🏛️ Social justice, Digital Equity, Poverty, Accessible Technology, Marginalized communities, Pacific, COFA, Veterans, Low-Income, Affordable housing

www.imagine-pacific.com/2025/10/imsp...

🏛️IMSPARK: Justice Transparent, Not Hidden🏛️

#CivicTrust, #IMSPARK, #JudicialTransparency, #OpenJustice, #ProtectDueProcess, #ruleoflaw, #ShadowDocket, #SupremeCourt

Carter-Ruck drops bid to hide identity of crypto scam client OneCoin New twist in prosecution case sparked by TBIJ’s revelations about libel firm

🎉 Big win for #OpenJustice as the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal rules that Carter-Ruck was instructed in order to conceal the #OneCoin crypto fraud, meaning the libel firm’s partner Claire Gill can’t hide behind legal privilege to keep key details of her role out of the public domain.

Today's the day. Come and meet us at 5.30pm and hear about what we do and how we can support you to observe Court of Protection hearings!

#openjustice #NotSecretCourt

A fantastic article by @penelopegibbs.bsky.social, building on the work of @kirkkorner.bsky.social

Highlights additional problems with the Single Justice Procedure (#SJP), this time related to the #HMCTS Libra case management system

And the system failing #openjustice principles. #UKlegal

Ever wanted to observe a hearing in the Court of Protection? Come to our small friendly webinar on how to observe remotely (via video-link) from the comfort of your own home. Hosted by Claire and Amanda. It’s free and open to anyone – email us for more info (openjustice@yahoo.com) Or scan the QR code:

Would you like to observe a remote hearing in the Court of Protection?

Find out how!

In one month - Claire and Amanda are running a free webinar all about it.

Email openjustice@yahoo.com to join in. All welcome.

#NotSecretCourt #OpenJustice

🎥 With so much at stake, we’ll be following the arguments carefully thanks to the Court of Appeal’s livestream here which helps promote #OpenJustice. www.judiciary.uk/the-court-of...

Mums for Lungs calls for public transparency in Dieselgate hearing — Mums for Lungs As part of our ongoing Dieselgate campaign, we attended the Pan-NOx Emissions Group Litigation hearing at the High Court this week. This is the next stage in our campaign to ensure public transparency...

As part of our ongoing #Dieselgate campaign, we attended the Pan-NOx Emissions Group Litigation hearing at the High Court this week. This is the next stage in our campaign to push for public transparency and #OpenJustice in the upcoming £6 billion Dieselgate trial, scheduled for October.

Cell phone screen with post text about the judgment on it

JUDGMENTS IN THE NEWS
HMP, Re
[2025] EWCA Civ 824
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...

(Re Open Justice - Limits of Open Justice - Media and Public Access to Court/Tribunal Information - Care Proceedings)

#law #openjustice

The justice system isn’t equal for all.
We’re digging into a sealed divorce case in Waller County, TX.
Why the secrecy? Who gains?

The Women’s Justice Network fights for fairness from Houston to the nation.

#TexasJustice #CourtCorruption #OpenJustice #WallerCounty

Silence from HHJ Rowland: A transparency fail By Celia Kitzinger, 29th June 2025 It’s been more than 10 months since I applied to discharge the transparency order in a s.21A case concerning a woman in her 90s who was deprived of her liberty in…

For anyone starting from the perspective that the court is corrupt and determined to hide its proceedings from public scrutiny, this whole experience looks like corroborating evidence.

#OpenJustice #NotSecretCourt

openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/06/29/s...

Open Justice Court of Protection Project is five years old today By the Core Team of the Open Justice COP Project (Celia Kitzinger, Gill Loomes-Quinn, Daniel Clark, Amanda Hill and Claire Martin), 15th June 2025 It was launched – with no funding and no clear pla…

It's our birthday - 5 years old today!

Who are we and what have we achieved in the last five years?

And what's next?

#openjustice #notsecretcourt

openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/06/15/o...

A judge without a bundle adjourns the case By Daniel Clark, 11th June 2025 A bundle is a collection of documents that are relevant to the decision that the court is being asked to make. As Kyle Squire, then a barrister at 5 Pump Court Chamb…

Back in court at 3pm today

Hoping the public bodies (Leicestershire City Council and NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board) have sorted things now.

#OpenJustice #NotSecretCourt

openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/06/11/a...

Courts to have ‘open justice champions’ Regionally based civil servants will provide a single point of contact to help the public observe cases, Mr Justice Nicklin says.

⚖️ This week we joined our academic, civil society and media colleagues from the Courts and Tribunals Observers Network for a workshop with policymakers and legal sector stakeholders to explore the practical challenges and opportunities for improving #OpenJustice:

Courts to have ‘open justice champions’ Regionally based civil servants will provide a single point of contact to help the public observe cases, Mr Justice Nicklin says.

The best news I've heard all day! There's still a lot of paper being used, surely on-line access is the way to go?
At the appeal I'm observing there are two new critical documents, one is on paper and the other probably will be :-(

#OpenJustice

www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/courts-...

Is our justice system open and transparent? Today we’re joining colleagues from the Courts and Tribunals Observers Network for a workshop exploring #OpenJustice challenges, and we’re delighted to have the Hon Mr Justice Nicklin end the day with a public lecture on “Open Justice: Fit for Purpose”

"It seems that between respect for the judge or magistrate, and consideration for the defendant or people in the public gallery, the former always wins."

#CourtWatchLondon #OpenJustice #MagistratesCourts

A huge thank you again to Michael for his contributions to this project, and for being our second volunteer spotlight of CourtWatch London 2.0!

#CourtWatchLondon #OpenJustice #VolunteerSpotlight

#openjustice: 👇 This is a fantastic opportunity to hear one of the UK’s leading champions of transparency in our courts explore the topic “Open Justice: Fit for Purpose”. Sign up to secure your place at Mr Justice Nicklin’s public lecture organised by the Courts and Tribunals Observers Network:

Jon Harris, of Manchester-based Cavendish Press, fears freelance reporters covering court cases will be put out of business due to regional and national news organisations prioritising police handouts over professional reporting in their pursuit of free content. Police press releases sent out after guilty verdicts are returned are oftened pre-written and ready to go meaning they can beat court reporters to the story. But they only offer one side of cases and may only be sent after successful prosecutions. Cavendish accused police press officers of "a state sponsored abuse of power" by effectively doing the job of journalists for them at the expense of independent reporting.

Coverage of UK courts threatening to become state-sponsored monopoly pressgazette.co.uk/news/one-sid...

#openjustice #courtreporting #govcomms

Validity and applicability of an Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment: A pre-trial review By Celia Kitzinger, 14th May 2025 The man at the centre of this case (COP 20006397, before Poole J) is in his 40s.  On 5th May 2024, he suffered a cardiac arrest resulting in a severe hypoxic …

New blog post....

#openjustice #NotSecretCourt

openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/05/14/v...

Strategy to Reduce the Judicial Backlog YouTube video by Open Government Partnership

🏛️ By asking communities what they need from the judiciary, Costa Rica is building a more accessible, open court model grounded in #openjustice principles.

🇨🇷 Hear as Judge Gerardo Alfaro Vargas explains how courts in Costa Rica are transforming as part of #OpenGovChallenge.

youtu.be/wrOsvi6Gs2M

What is Free Speech? by Fara Dabhoiwala | The Critic Magazine As disputes over free speech in the internet age rage, a pithy genealogy of the subject with a strong argument is both timely and welcome

This looks an interesting book - and it's a scathingly fascinating review of it too! Adding it to my reading list now, given my interests in #OpenJustice and the #NotSecretCourt

thecritic.co.uk/issues/april...