by Julie D | Oct 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
An article published in The Guardian today reports that the political party Ukip has issued a policy that family courts should be ‘more sensitive and more open’. We have not been able to read the policy document yet so cannot comment. However, it is...
by Julie D | Oct 10, 2015 | Transparency News
You can read all about the introduction of what is to be Part 3A of the court rules here and here. We continue to be concerned about the lack of clarity in the reports, the draft rules, and generally what is intended with regard to participation of children and...
by Julie D | Sep 21, 2015 | Analysis, Cases, Comment
In a judgment published on Bailii last week, called H v A (No.2), Mr Justice MacDonald had to consider a very risky situation that had potentially arisen because of the current Family Court guidance about publishing judgments. This case illustrates an interesting...
by Julie D | Aug 30, 2015 | Cases
In today’s Telegraph, Christopher Booker has written about a case where care and placement orders for two children were made in Rhyl Family Court in April 2014. You can read the judgment on Bailii here. In April, HHJ Gareth Jones said in his judgment: ‘The...
by Julie D | Aug 25, 2015 | Comment
A particularly irritating example of opaque reporting came up under #familylaw on twitter yesterday. According to this story in the Telegraph, Child whose parents played too many video games ‘removed from family home’ Social Services said to have believed...
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