by Julie Doughty | Jul 18, 2023 | FCReportingWatch
This is the conclusion of the Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales who has published a report about family courts which, unsurprisingly, criticises the lack of government action on the commitments it made in 2020, following the ‘Harm Report’. The...
by Julie Doughty | Jun 4, 2023 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
It is now 14 years since the Family Procedure Rules were amended to allow ‘accredited media representatives’ i.e. journalists to attend most types of family court hearings, and more than four years since ‘duly authorised lawyers’ i.e. legal...
by Julie Doughty | May 31, 2023 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
The Financial Remedies Court sub-group of the Transparency Implementation Group (TIG ) has published a 164 page report. This refers to cases about financial remedies on divorce i.e resolving issues between divorcing couples about their income and assets – they are not...
by Julie Doughty | May 12, 2023 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Reporting Pilot
This is a troubling story about three children subject to care applications by the Vale of Glamorgan Council; the final hearing took place last month and I attended Cardiff Family Court under the Reporting Pilot as a legal blogger. There are far too many (more than...
by Julie Doughty | Apr 29, 2023 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
From 15 May, journalist and legal bloggers will be allowed to report on private law hearings in the three Reporting Pilot Courts, Cardiff, Carlisle and Leeds. The Reporting Pilot that began on 30 January in public law is to be extended, so that a reporter...
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