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What is happening with publication of Family Court judgments?
We have been concerned for some time that the publication of judgments from the Family Court by non-High Court judges seems to have dried up. In fact they haven’t, not altogether at any rate; they’re just harder to find now. These judgments used to be kept in a...
Where’s me DAPPs? (the end of perpetrators’ programmes)
(Excuse the title for this post. The writer is from Bristol.) When a father who is involved in proceedings concerning his child has been found to have perpetrated domestic abuse against the other parent, the family court will generally look to assess the risk...
New report focuses on public attitudes to the publication of justice data
The Legal Education Foundation has published a report about the collection, use and commercial exploitation of data from the justice system, focusing in particular on the new judgments database set up by The National Archives earlier this year. It reveals both a lack...
FAMILY COURT REPORTING WATCH ROUNDUP
Welcome to the Roundup, where we correct, clarify and comment on media reports of family court cases, explain and comment on published family court judgments and highlight other transparency news MEDIA COVERAGE OF FAMILY COURT MATTERS The Daily Mail - The Mail...
‘Choosing the course which is less stressful to the child’
The full name of this case is Warwickshire County Council v the Mother and the Father and X and Z. It appears on TNA as Warwickshire County Council v the Mother & ors [2022] EWHC 2146 (Fam). It’s also on BAILII here – which conveniently includes links to the case...
Who’s the Daddy? When the right to know who your parent is, is a human right
This is a guest post by Georgia Fineberg about the case of X v Y [2022] EWFC 77 (07 July 2022). Georgia is a future pupil barrister who has worked for nine years in the women’s voluntary sector, primarily supporting survivors of domestic abuse and the LGBTQI+...
Transparently clunky – Mostyn J and transparency orders before the Court of Protection
This is a guest post by Alex Ruck Keene, reposted with permission from the Mental Capacity Law and Policy blog. In Re EM [2022] EWCOP 31, Mostyn J expressed a number of concerns about the transparency order made in the case before him by Keehan J, in ‘broadly...
‘Parental alienation experts’
There's been a lot in the media recently about individual people who are appointed in the family courts to give a professional opinion on relationships where there's suspected alienation by mothers. This process happens by way of agreeing and commissioning a report by...
Update on the Archie Battersbee case
We have previously written about the Archie Battersbee litigation here and here. This post highlights the latest developments including recent litigation and court applications. As a quick reminder, the case concerns a 12-year-old boy who sustained catastrophic...
Guardian loses appeal over “secret” hearing about Prince Philip’s will
Last year, the High Court made the decision that the late Prince Philip’s will should be “sealed up” for a period of 90 years, preventing anyone finding out who he had left his estate to. The decision was made by the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew...