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Consultation on allocation and gatekeeping in family courts

Consultation on allocation and gatekeeping in family courts

by reporting watch team | Oct 11, 2025 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Open Reporting

This topic was recently covered in a consultation issued by judges that updates guidance to courts on what level of judge or magistrate should sit on a case and generally how applications received will be efficiently administered. The guidance says that it applies to...
Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup: August-Sept 2025

Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup: August-Sept 2025

by reporting watch team | Oct 2, 2025 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

Welcome to the Roundup, where we correct, clarify and comment on media reports of family law, explain and comment on published family court judgments, and highlight other transparency news. MEDIA COVERAGE OF FAMILY LAW, TRANSPARENCY etc The Financial Times posed the...
Judgment given and published in Welsh

Judgment given and published in Welsh

by reporting watch team | Sep 30, 2025 | Cases, Court of Protection

Thanks to Alex Ruck-Keene who noticed last week that BAILII had published a Court of Protection judgment by HHJ Edwards in Cardiff in the Welsh language. It’s TIRE (by her Litigation Friend LK) v Carmarthenshire County Council [2024] EWCOP 81 (T2). [UPDATE...
Consultation on allocation and gatekeeping in family courts

Updated Guidance: What to do when a reporter attends your hearing

by reporting watch team | Sep 29, 2025 | Legal blogging, Open Reporting, Resources, Transparency News

We first published our Guidance Note ‘What to do when a reporter attends (or wants to attend) your hearing’ in 2023. Later, we updated it to account for the expansion of the Reporting Pilot and introduction of the Financial Remedies Pilot, developing two...
Will my Family Court judgment be published?

Will my Family Court judgment be published?

by reporting watch team | Sep 19, 2025 | FCReportingWatch

This post was amended on 25 September to add a new link on the Judiciary website. We recently received an enquiry from someone who wanted a court judgment in their case to be published and who didn’t know how to go about this. [EDITED 22.09.25 to clarify this...
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