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Where did all the privacy injunctions go? A response to the Queen’s Bench ‘Media List’ consultation
According to the latest official statistics on privacy injunctions in January to December 2016 there were just three proceedings where the High Court considered an application for a new interim privacy injunction. Two were granted, one was refused. Two appeals were...
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children -v- Gard
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children -v- Gard This blog post updates a previous post here The Court of Appeal has decided that the treatment of Charlie Gard can be withdrawn. The case concerned an eight-month-old child, Charlie Gard, who suffers from...
Judge flags complaint on behalf of child against journalist who sneaked into hospital
A new judgment by Mr Justice Hayden, in the case of ‘H’, the 15 year old boy at the centre of the Telegraph story we reported on here, was published yesterday. The hearing took place on 19 May. Hayden J concludes his short judgment with this: ‘Whilst I am satisfied...
Meal tickets for life?
This post was written by our new contributor Polly Morgan. An article in The Times on 23 May 2017 headlined ‘Former wives give up chasing “meal ticket for life” in divorce’ (behind paywall) refers to falling numbers of spousal maintenance orders. The newspaper reports...
Seriously inaccurate reporting by omission of facts
[UPDATE 25 May 2017: Further blog post on this case here : Judge flags complaint on behalf of child against journalist who sneaked into hospital] We posted a short blog yesterday noting that The (Sunday) Telegraph's Christopher Booker had reported on a case involving...
‘Father begs judges to reveal details of his decade-long family court battle with his ex over access to their child’
The Daily Mail today republished a story (under the headline above) about a man in Norwich, that appeared in the Eastern Daily Press yesterday. The original piece is credited to Jessica Long but the Mail version is by the Press Association. The story refers rather...
A gifted child in a psychiatric unit – should we be worried about this case?
Christopher Booker's Sunday column this week features a teenage boy who is apparently detained in a hospital against the wishes of his family and himself. See A gifted child in a psychiatric unit is madness (premium content, scroll down once logged in). The case he...
Decision to place a child with prospective adopters is unlawful because unfair
R (On the Application Of EL) v Essex County Council [2017] EWHC 1041 (Admin) (08 May 2017) is a judicial review decision about a decision by a local authority to place a child for adoption, under a placement order granted by the Family Court. Because this is a...
Separating the divorce from the money bit
When married couples and civil partners separate there are two (or three) parts to the legal arrangements : getting divorced (called dissolution if you are in a civil partnership), sorting out the money, and sorting out arrangements for any children. The way the law...
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 COURTS CASES As yet unclear Police...