by Guest Post | Oct 19, 2020 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post from an anonymous lawyer. On 25 September 2020, HHJ Wildblood QC released a judgment in Re B (a child) (unnecessary private law applications). The judgment is only nine paragraphs long, and the full version can be read here. The judgment has...
by Guest Post | Oct 14, 2020 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
‘Eastenders’ and domestic abuse This is a post by Yanoulla Kakoulli. Yanoulla is an experienced family law solicitor practising at Pinney Talfourd LLP, which has a tier 1 Legal 500 family team. She has also volunteered as a family law advisor for...
by Guest Post | Oct 13, 2020 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is a post by Priyanka Patel. Priyanka is a commercial lawyer with an interest in family law, particularly child law. In the recent case of Re A, B & C (Children: Adoption) [2020] EWHC 2335 (Fam), the court made placement orders for the adoption of...
by Guest Post | Oct 5, 2020 | Court of Protection, Explanation
This is a guest post by Alex Ruck Keene, a barrister at 39 Essex Chambers who specialises in Court of Protection work. In a very unusual case, P v Griffith [2020] EWCOP 46, the Court of Protection has sentenced a woman, a Ms Griffith, to 12 months imprisonment for...
by Guest Post | Aug 13, 2020 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
Melanie Newman is a freelance journalist. Previously a reporter at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, she has also worked for BBC Newsnight and the Victoria Derbyshire Programme. She writes for the British Medical Journal and is a regular contributor to the Law...
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