by Malvika Jaganmohan | Mar 12, 2023 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Last month, there was a fair bit of media interest around a High Court battle before Mrs Justice Knowles involving a senior social worker who had been found by the family court to have perpetrated domestic abuse towards his ex-partner. HHJ Ahmed, the judge...
by Malvika Jaganmohan | Oct 8, 2022 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Two judgments caught my eye in the last few weeks, adding to the body of case law relating to the conduct of experts who provide evidence in the family courts. One expert came out pretty well; the other… less so. Let’s start with the positive, shall we? (Warning:...
by Malvika Jaganmohan | Oct 7, 2021 | Analysis, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
I confess, since Channel 5 cancelled Family Affairs, my commitment to British soaps has been sporadic at best. But once I heard that a juicy (and factually dubious) family court dispute was playing out on Eastenders involving glamorous villain, Janine Butcher, I...
by Malvika Jaganmohan | Aug 10, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
What does AA v BB tell us about the treatment of domestic abuse since Re H-N? Since the Court of Appeal judgment in Re H-N [2021] EWCA Civ 448 which was handed down earlier this year, we’re starting to see more and more published cases concerning domestic abuse in...
by Malvika Jaganmohan | May 3, 2020 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
I wrote a piece for the blog back in March 2020 about the case of Z (A Child: committal proceeding) [2020] EWFC B5 (24 January 2020). It concerned a private children law matter where the father had tampered with a drug testing report – which would have shown...
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