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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 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...
Mrs Norman and the indigestible cherry
Update : the main judgment in the case of Norman has now been published. You can read it here : Norman v Norman [2017] EWCA Civ 120 (03 March 2017) We’ve previously written about this case when it was covered in the press, and when an earlier judgment was released in...
Guilty until proven innocent? — Lecture by Professor Jo Delahunty QC
Giving the second of a series of lectures at Gresham College on the difference between crime and family law proceedings, Jo Delahunty QC spoke about the use of expert medical evidence in cases concerning the death or serious injury of a child. She explored, by way of...
English mother to be reunited with child in Dubai…
This post is about the case of Lachaux v Lachaux [2017] EWHC 385 (Fam), a recent decision by Mr Justice Mostyn. It is really hard to write an accurate and not too long headline for this sort of case. We're not sure the headline we've gone with is a good summary, but...