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Family Court Reporting Watch: Weekly Round Up
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 REPORTS OF FAMILY COURTS CASES / FAMILY JUSTICE ISSUES The...
‘The truly pitiful plight of a mother caught up in drug addiction’: Publishing judgments from ‘ordinary’ family court decisions
Before new guidance from February 2014 (the Transparency Guidance), it was extremely rare for a judgment from a ‘routine’ family court case, outside of the High Court, raising no point of particular legal interest, to be placed in the public domain by being published...
Complaint to The Telegraph
We wrote about Christopher Booker's recent piece : In Britain's secretive family courts, the lawyers always win, in a blog post : Just add this one to the pile… We've now followed this up with a complaint to The Telegraph via their complaints procedure. We will...
Family Court Reporting Watch: Weekly Round Up
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 REPORTS OF FAMILY COURTS CASES / FAMILY JUSTICE ISSUES The Daily...
Reports on A and B (Children); and the wider issue of effective social work regulation the case raises
A and B (Children) [2016] EWFC B115 was decided in March 2016 but published in February 2017, alongside Baker J's July 2016 decision (A and B (Findings against social worker) (Rev 1) [2016]) not to permit the social worker to appeal the original findings of misconduct...
Who holds the risk, how risk is assessed and how brave or risk averse those who make decisions for children?
Cross posted from the Child Protection Resource blog Post by Sarah Phillimore On March 9th 2017, Lord Justice McFarlane delivered the first of the Bridget Lindley OBE Memorial Lectures. He began by paying tribute to the memory of Bridget Lindley who dedicated her...
Just add this one to the pile…
The continued mis-reporting of family cases by Christopher Booker. https://twitter.com/LMcCallumZenith/status/840818073963757569 The klaxon rang in the Transparency Project bat cave with a direct plea from Louise for assistance. I was pleased to offer my help,...
Bridget Lindley Memorial Lecture
Lord Justice McFarlane delivered a fascinating lecture tonight in memory of the late Bridget Lindley. You can read it in full on the Judiciary website here, and a summary here. In his speech Lord Justice McFarlane discussed the pressing need for greater transparency,...
“Setting a precedent” – what does it actually mean?
On 27 February 2017 The Telegraph reported on an ongoing appeal in the Court of Appeal by a wealthy wife (Mrs Sharp) in respect of the financial order made following her divorce. Millionaire wife challenges divorce settlement which gave ex-husband half of £5.45m...
Family Court Reporting Watch: Weekly Round Up
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 REPORTS OF FAMILY COURTS CASES / FAMILY JUSTICE ISSUES The...