by reporting watch team | Apr 19, 2020 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
This blog post originally appeared as the Transparency Project’s monthly column in Family Law for February 2020 at Family [2020] Fam Law 265. Transparency Templates The President has published some new ‘Transparency Templates’, which are draft orders for...
by Paul M | Apr 19, 2020 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
We have heard a lot about how the courts are responding to the coronavirus pandemic by conducting hearings online instead of in a physical court room. But while hearings by Skype and Zoom enable participants to maintain social distancing and avoid the risks of...
by reporting watch team | Apr 14, 2020 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
News reaches us of a document from the Lord Chief Justice, The President of the Family Division and The Master of the Rolls (a trio of ‘Top Judges’) that was circulated to Circuit and District Judges before the weekend, but which has now begun to be...
by reporting watch team | Apr 13, 2020 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Welcome to this month’s Roundup, where we correct, clarify and comment on media reports of family court cases, explain and comment on published family court judgments and highlight other transparency news MEDIA COVERAGE OF FAMILY COURT MATTERS Many mainstream...
by Jack Harrison | Apr 11, 2020 | FCReportingWatch
In the past few weeks, life as we know it has changed beyond recognition. I was struck by the words of Mr Justice Hayden in BP v Surrey CC and RP [2020] EWCOP 17 : “It strikes me as redundant of any contrary argument that we are facing “a public emergency”...
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