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Censorship by Meta? update on Pringle v Nervo
The Good Law Project reported last month that Meta (the company that owns Instagram and Facebook) removed a post about their campaign supporting Liv Nervo - Liv Nervo told her story – but Meta took it down (8 April). The original proceedings were about contact and...
Making final orders at an Issues Resolution Hearing
This is my first case of legal blogging where I’ve heard anything about the child’s views being sought on my attendance and reporting of the proceedings. Last month, I went to a hearing in care proceedings at Gloucester Family Court (which takes the prize for having...
Inaccurate reporting of a family court contact dispute – update on our complaint
On 1st May, we wrote about a report in the local Dorset press that we said inaccurately described a judgment in Bournemouth Family Court as being an order for 'no contact' between a child and his mother. There have been a few developments since we sent our complaint...
‘How the MoD tried to cover up domestic abuse by a special forces soldier’
This headline appeared in The Observer on 3 May. The sub headline says: A member of the armed forces who terrorised his wife has been allowed unsupervised access to their daughter – in a case that British military authorities tried to keep out of the public eye. The...
Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup: April 2026
Welcome to the Roundup, where we correct, clarify and comment on media reports of family law, explain and comment on published family court judgments, and highlight other transparency news. MEDIA COVERAGE OF FAMILY LAW, TRANSPARENCY etc The Law Society Gazette...
Inaccurate press reporting on a family court contact dispute
Between 5 and 7 April, a story was published on three associated local news sites in Dorset with the headline ‘Dorset court rules mother should have no contact with child’. The articles said that a judge in Bournemouth Family Court had made an order relating to a...
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