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Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup: May 2025

Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup: May 2025

by Paul M | May 30, 2025 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

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 Observer ran a piece...
Child protection and domestic abuse – a legal blogging report from Cardiff Family Court

Child protection and domestic abuse – a legal blogging report from Cardiff Family Court

by Julie Doughty | May 27, 2025 | FCReportingWatch

The circumstances in this case may sound all too familiar to some readers. A child aged ten was terrified of his mother’s violent male partner and is now living with his grandparents. The local authority (LA) had applied for an interim care order (ICO). The good news...
Can secret recordings be used as evidence in court?

Can secret recordings be used as evidence in court?

by Julie Doughty | May 22, 2025 | Comment, Consultations

If you record a meeting or conversation about your children, without people being aware you’re recording them, can you then produce and rely on that recording as part of your evidence to a family court? This is a question that has been hanging around for several years...
Cross examination of medical experts – exceptional or exceptionally important?

Cross examination of medical experts – exceptional or exceptionally important?

by Lucy R | May 18, 2025 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Open Reporting

What this post is about When medical expert witnesses are instructed in family cases, usually to help work out how an injury to a child was caused, their evidence can sometimes be accepted by all the parties, in which case the expert doesn’t need to attend court to...
Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup: May 2025

Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup: April 2025

by reporting watch team | May 5, 2025 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

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 BBC reported the sad...
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