A legal blogger came to my hearing Survey about people's experience of legal bloggers attending family court hearings If you have been involved in a family court case attended by a 'legal blogger', we would like to hear about your experience of that. We will not publish your name or any identifying details of your case. OK Question Title * 1. Please provide your name. OK Question Title * 2. What was the date of the hearing the legal blogger attended? Date / Time Date OK Question Title * 3. What court was the hearing at? OK Question Title * 4. What sort of case is it? private law children (disputes between family members about things like contact or where a child should live) public law children (care proceedings - when social services apply to court for an order, including asking to remove a child from the care of parents) financial remedy on divorce domestic abuse injunction I'm not sure something else (please specify) OK Question Title * 5. How are you involved in the case? I'm a parent I'm a parent's lawyer I'm a lawyer representing the child(ren) I'm a lawyer representing the local authority I'm a guardian / cafcass officer I'm a social worker I'm the judge Other (please specify) OK Question Title * 6. Did you speak to the legal blogger before the hearing? Yes No OK Question Title * 7. Did you speak to the legal blogger after the hearing? Yes No OK Question Title * 8. Were you told that the legal blogger wanted to come into the hearing before it began? Yes No OK Question Title * 9. Did you (or your client/lawyer) object to the legal blogger attending? Yes No OK Question Title * 10. Why did you object? OK Question Title * 11. Did anyone else object? Yes No OK Question Title * 12. What happened? (were they allowed in?) OK Question Title * 13. Had you heard about the legal blogging pilot before the hearing? Yes No OK Question Title * 14. Did anyone explain it to you or give you anyinformation about it? No OK Question Title * 15. Did the attendance of the legal blogger cause any disruption to your hearing? No disruption Minor disruption Significant disruption OK Question Title * 16. How did you feel about the legal blogger attending court when you first heard about it? very worried or unsure a little bit worried or unsure neutral happy for them to attend Other (please specify) OK Question Title * 17. How did you feel about the legal blogger attending court afterwards? about the same more worried or unsure less worried or unsure less happy not at all worried Other (please specify) OK Question Title * 18. Did the legal blogger tell you what their plans were for publishing anything arising from your hearing? OK Question Title * 19. Overall, can you tell us what you think about legal bloggers being allowed into court hearings and any positives or negatives based on your experience? Please use this box to tell us anything else you think is important. OK Question Title * 20. Are you happy for us to contact you in future when we are evaluating this survey, or if we need to check anything in your form? Yes No OK Question Title * 21. Please provide your email address? Email Address OK DONE