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Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup

Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup

by reporting watch team | Feb 26, 2018 | FCReportingWatch

Correcting, clarifying or commenting on media reports of family court cases Explaining or commenting on published judgments of family court cases Highlighting other transparency news MEDIA (MIS)REPORTS OF FAMILY COURT CASES NSPCC – We followed up blog...
Mum wins appeal about her child’s potential adoption but still has to pay her own legal costs – why?

Mum wins appeal about her child’s potential adoption but still has to pay her own legal costs – why?

by reporting watch team | Feb 25, 2018 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

Proportionality and no order for costs in discharge order proceedings – Discharge order appeal The recent care case of M (A Child) [2018] EWCA Civ 240 (judgment: 20 February 2018) has achieved some notoriety because the mother, who won her appeal, still had to...
Fact Finding hearings and criminal law

Fact Finding hearings and criminal law

by reporting watch team | Feb 18, 2018 | Cases, FCReportingWatch

This post is about a new judgment from the Court of Appeal called : R (Children) [2018] EWCA Civ 198 (16 February 2018). It is about what approach the family court should take in deciding the background facts to a case where a crime might have been committed, and how...
Things children say – Disclosure, allegations and why language matters

Things children say – Disclosure, allegations and why language matters

by reporting watch team | Feb 15, 2018 | Comment, FCReportingWatch

Earlier this month the NSPCC put out a call on twitter for professionals to respond to a survey they are running as part of the evidence gathering phase of ‘a project to support professionals to take the appropriate action when they have concerns about the...
Cafcass ‘tool up’ for children’s voices

Cafcass ‘tool up’ for children’s voices

by reporting watch team | Feb 14, 2018 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

  ‘Voice of the Child: How to help children’s voices be heard loud and clear throughout the family court process’: This was the title of an Open Board Meeting at Cafcass we attended recently. (Cafcass transparently hold two ‘open’ board...
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