Jessica Susan Hill Law

10/04/2026

10/04/2026

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08/04/2026

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07/04/2026

Great poem , take a minute and listen to this

06/04/2026

Have you ever tried to get a transcript of your own court hearing — and been told it could cost hundreds… sometimes thousands?

Most litigants in person don’t even realise:

Transcripts aren’t automatic

The full record of what was said in court isn’t provided

And access to it often sits behind a paywall

Yet that record can be the difference between:

✔️ A successful appeal

❌ Or a dead end

A recent UK Parliament petition (200,000+ signatures) has now forced this issue into the spotlight — questioning whether access to justice should depend on ability to pay.

In practice, I see this constantly:

Orders drafted by the other side don’t reflect what actually happened

Key judicial reasoning is missing

Litigants are left trying to appeal without the full picture

And when they do try to obtain a transcript — the cost alone can stop them in their tracks.

This isn’t just a procedural issue.

It’s an access to justice issue.

I’ve broken this down properly here, including:

- What you’re actually entitled to

- How transcripts work

- What the Government has said

- And what you should do before spending money

👉 https://jshlaw.co.uk/tools-templates-research-cases/family-court-accountability/have-you-ever-paid-for-a-court-transcript-and-how-much-did-it-cost-you/

If you’ve ever applied for a transcript:

How much did it cost you — and was it worth it?

06/04/2026

Listening to this and spotted that this chaps petition for court transcripts to be freely available has been debated in the house and agreed it’s a good idea… hoping the Ministry of Justice don’t kick it back into the long grass

Sacked for confronting a suspected shoplifter - more complex than it seems, but this is the conundrum facing the UK right now in the lawless collapse of our ...

04/04/2026

03/04/2026

“Child Focused Courts” are being rolled out across England and Wales and described as the biggest reform in 30 years.

But here’s the reality:

A new system doesn’t automatically mean better outcomes.

If you’re a parent or litigant in person, this is what you actually need to understand 👇

https://jshlaw.co.uk/court-skills-for-litigants-in-person/child-focused-courts-family-law-uk-guide/

02/04/2026

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24/03/2026

Going through family court child proceedings?

Interim “no contact” orders are often presented as temporary, protective steps in private law children cases. In reality, they can operate as something far more significant: the effective suspension of a parent-child relationship, sometimes for months, and sometimes on limited, untested evidence. A recent barrister’s commentary has brought this issue into sharp focus—raising the question of whether the family courts are, quietly and unintentionally, drifting toward a form of interim separation that the Court of Appeal has already warned must be treated as a last resort.

read my full article here :

https://jshlaw.co.uk/court-skills-for-litigants-in-person/mckenzie-friend-support/interim-no-contact-orders-in-private-law-children-cases-when-temporary-becomes-separation/