by Julie Doughty | Jan 29, 2025 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Reporting Pilot
One evening in autumn 2023, a young couple took their five month old baby to an emergency hospital where she was diagnosed with numerous physical injuries (some very serious) which the parents couldn’t explain. Local authority children’s services were called in and...
by Julie Doughty | Jan 27, 2025 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Resources
New practice guidance ‘The use of Intermediaries, Lay Advocates and Cognitive Assessments in the Family Court’, was issued by the President of the Family Division on 23 January. The guidance is quite brief and refers to three court judgments delivered over the...
by Julie Doughty | Jan 19, 2025 | Analysis, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
On 14 and 15 January the Court of Appeal heard an appeal by journalists Louise Tickle, Hannah Summers and several media organisations against an order made by Mr Justice Williams to keep the identities of Family Court judges anonymous. These judges had made historical...
by Julie Doughty | Dec 13, 2024 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Resources, Trends
Two important resources for family court users and professionals were published at the end of November: a webinar to ‘Refocus on the Public Law Outline (PLO)’ and a Family Court Annual Report that covers the year 2023-2024 – although it’s the first annual report...
by Julie Doughty | Nov 7, 2024 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Notorious
This summer, two judgments were published from Newport Family Court that related to an application by a local authority (un-named) to withdraw care proceedings it had issued back in April 2023. The child subject to the application had been removed from his...
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