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Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup
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 The Guardian - We questioned Families Need...
Imprisoned Harts
I thought I should update the blog post I wrote about the acrimonious case Hart v Hart, because there have been new developments. I take full responsibility for the increasingly bad titles. You can find the original post here. It concerned how their several million...
An impressive judgment about a ‘car crash’ of a case
On 18th October 2018 Her Honour Judge Lazarus handed down judgment in the case of Z v Kent County Council (Revocation of placement order - Failure to assess Mother's capacity and Grandparents) [2018] EWFC B65 (18 October 2018). I was interested to see what the media...
Fathers’ group claims parents and lawyers fraudulently claim legal aid (again)
On Saturday 13 October, Families Need Fathers sent us a document called Analysis of Post LASPO Use of Non-Molestation Orders and said it was embargoed until the following Monday. On Monday morning, the Guardian published Parents 'weaponising' domestic violence...
The progress of Reform: Autumn 2018 update
HMCTS have been holding regular events to update court users and get feedback on its massive ongoing Reform project. The latest such event, which took place at Westminster University in London last week, was focused on family law. Among the major developments on...
Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup
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 The Daily Mail – IPSO ruled against us on...
Guidance issued to court staff on supporting media access
This week the Ministry of Justice issued Guidance to staff on supporting media access to courts and tribunals as "part of a wider effort to build stronger working relationships between courts and the press and maintain the principle of open justice as we...
Bob the Builder – can IPSO fix it?
The Transparency Project referred a complaint to the Independent Press Standards Organisation after the Daily Mail refused to correct substantive inaccuracies in a headline and article about a family court judgment. The complaint was ultimately rejected, following an...
Freedom versus responsibility when the press report on care proceedings: Round Two.
On 22nd October 2018 the Sun published a second in its line of 'investigative reporting' into the child protection system, titled 'Parents who've lost kids in shadowy secret courts slam ruthless millionaires cashing in on UK's fostering crisis' The similarities...
Children and young people’s mental health and well-being: yet more judicial concern about the lack of adequate provision of care
This is a guest post by Camilla Parker, lawyer and independent consultant specialising in the legal rights of children and young people in need of mental health care. She explains why judges in two recent cases have expressed strong views about the lack of provision...