by reporting watch team | Jul 30, 2018 | Cases, FCReportingWatch
Mr Justice Hayden is a High Court Judge who has been very outspoken about the potential for the court process to be abusive of those who are already victims of domestic abuse. In a case called Re A (a minor) (fact finding; unrepresented party) [2017] EWHC 1195 (Fam),...
by reporting watch team | Jul 30, 2018 | FCReportingWatch
Correcting, clarifying or commenting on media reports of family court cases Explaining or commenting on published judgments of family court cases Highlighting other transparency news MEDIA (MIS)REPORTS OF FAMILY COURT CASES We’ve not commented on mainstream...
by reporting watch team | Jul 28, 2018 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Last week BBC News and the Guardian reported the important public interest story of a father’s unlawful immigration detention, that left his three-year-old unnecessarily in care and at risk of a plan for adoption, despite the family court declaring they should...
by Polly Morgan | Jul 25, 2018 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Owens v Owens is a Supreme Court decision about divorce, specifically about the level of behaviour needed to obtain a divorce on the basis of a spouse’s behaviour. Although we commonly refer to this as ‘unreasonable behaviour’, the proper wording says: ‘That the...
by reporting watch team | Jul 23, 2018 | FCReportingWatch
This week in the House of Commons, during a debate about Domestic Abuse and the Family Courts, Jess Phillips MP said this : …There is often friction among specialist women’s organisations, the judiciary and lawyers with regard to issues to do with violence...
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