by Lucy R | Jan 18, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Starting tomorrow, the Court of Appeal will consider four conjoined appeals where, it is said, the court’s approach to the handling of allegations of domestic abuse was wrong. There is significant interest in those appeals, and various journalists and reporters...
by Lucy R | Dec 23, 2020 | FCReportingWatch
It’s been a strange old, tough old year. I wanted to take a moment to look back at some of the work done by Transparency Project volunteers and guest writers over the year and to extend thanks to them for their contribution to our team and our work. We’ve...
by Lucy R | Dec 9, 2020 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Last month I observed a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court under the Legal Blogging pilot. In some respects it was unusual – but it also featured some elements that were very familiar to me as a family barrister. This is my report of what I saw. TLDR :...
by Lucy R | Nov 6, 2020 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
So what about that Johnny Depp case then? All right, it’s a libel trial, and it involves celebs, and it’s nothing to do with the Family Court – but there are some interesting similarities between how family courts treat domestic abuse and how it was dealt with...
by Lucy R | Nov 3, 2020 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
(Please note that this post was edited on 9 November 2020 to remove some inaccurate material) There are many legitimate criticisms of the way in which family courts have dealt with domestic abuse. They are well documented in the Harm Report (see our posts here and...
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