The ‘Thatcherite’ VC and the Cake Maker – The Transparency Project

Posted March 19th, 2026 in news by Simon

‘A family court case has hit the headlines over the past year, not so much for anything remarkable about the Family Law Act 1996 dispute in front of the judges, but because the husband (according to press reports) is friendly with prominent right wing politicians and was temporarily “ousted” from his post as Vice Chancellor of the University of Buckingham for being “anti-woke”. The husband has made successive applications to keep the family court case private and anonymous. Alongside this, the wife has applied for an order that The Guardian newspaper reveal the source of some information it received on a confidential aspect of the family court proceedings.’

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The Transparency Project, 18th March 2026

Source: transparencyproject.org.uk