This is the text of a speech given by journalist Louise Tickle delivered at the At A Glance Conference in London on 13 October 2021, reproduced with kind permission. I’ve never reported on a financial remedy case. I’ve never been in a hearing about one either. ...
I’m on holiday in Greece when I hear about a case involving a mother who has taken her children some 10 hours travel-time from the family home, without their father’s knowledge or consent. It’s a case that involves allegations of domestic abuse, a father who admits he...
Last Wednesday, the Mail and the Sun published an article about a father who had just withdrawn from eight years of family court litigation. This man had been trying to re-establish his relationship with his children. His ex, the judge explained in a published...
This blog post originally appeared in the February 2019 issue, [2019] Fam Law 122. Whatever you think of the media, journalists’ mistakes couldn’t be more visible. If we get a fact wrong, the evidence is there in black and white. If we write an article...
This blog post originally appeared in the November 2018 issue, [2018] Fam Law 1375. ‘Abduction: (legal use) The illegal removal of a child from its parents or guardians.’ ‘Kidnap: Abduct (someone) and hold them captive, typically to obtain a...
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