by Malvika Jaganmohan | Jul 6, 2019 | Analysis, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
This is a post from Malvika Jaganmohan, one of our new contributors, who tweets as @MalvikaJaganmo1. A collective of medical and legal professionals descended on the Royal Courts of Justice on 4thJuly 2019 to discuss the current shortage of medical experts in the...
by Lucy R | Jul 6, 2019 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
We know that the issue of family courts dealing with domestic abuse is contentious. In fact, it’s almost impossible to talk about it without being criticised by someone or other. We knew this when we produced our guidance note for families, and we knew it when we made...
by Guest Post | Jul 3, 2019 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post from Dr Charlotte Proudman. Charlotte is a family law barrister at Goldsmith Chambers specialising in violence against women and girls. She tweets as @DrProudman. On 21 June 2019, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) announcedthe identity of the...
by reporting watch team | Jul 3, 2019 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Trends
Following on from our post summarising the key recommendations from Mr Justice Keehan’s Public Law Working Group which can be found here, we now turn our attention to the issue of private law. The Child Arrangements Programme (the ‘CAP’) was introduced as a...
by reporting watch team | Jul 3, 2019 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Trends
Today, the President of the Family Court Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, published interim reports from his Public and Private Law Working Groups. The President opened with a short statement on his concerns around both the rising volume of care cases before the...
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