Sharif judges anonymity: the appeal coverage

by Julie D | Jan 19, 2025 | Analysis, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging

On 14 and 15 January the Court of Appeal heard an appeal by journalists Louise Tickle, Hannah Summers and several media organisations against an order made by Mr Justice Williams to keep the identities of Family Court judges anonymous. These judges had made historical...

Court of Appeal to consider the idea of the anonymous judge

by reporting watch team | Jan 2, 2025 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Notorious, Transparency News

In December, following the conviction of Sara Sharif’s father and step-mother for her murder, and her uncle for offences associated with her death, the Family Division of the HIgh Court permitted disclosure of documents and information from three family court...

THE PRESSING NEED FOR REFORM OF SECTION 12

by Guest Post | Oct 19, 2024 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

This is a guest post by Sir James Munby, former President of the Family Division. For a summary of the issues raised in this piece please read this post: Contempt of Court by Publication of Information Relating to Family (Children) Proceedings – A Simple...

Domestic abuse and the Financial Remedies Court

by Guest Post | Aug 8, 2024 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Trends

This is a guest post from Femi Ogunlende. Femi is a barrister at No5 Chambers. This post discusses the current approach to domestic abuse in financial remedy proceedings. For those short on time and unable to read the post in full, the key conclusions you need to be...

London judge makes post-adoption contact order

by Julie D | Jul 27, 2024 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch

We’ve come across what we think is the first ever judgment published on TNA/BAILII where a post-adoption contact order under section 51A of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 has been made. However, this order makes rather a fleeting appearance in the very long and...

The tricky task of making a Child Arrangements Order: directive or undefined? (and how to seek clarification from the judge?)

by Guest Post | Jun 26, 2024 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

This is a post by Rebecca Wright. Rebecca is a barrister at Garden Court North. Be warned: Mr Justice Poole has made clear that an undefined provision in a child arrangements order, directing the parents to sort out holiday contact between them, can be successfully...