Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup

by reporting watch team | Feb 2, 2020 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

Welcome to the latest 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 Independent and others...

Experience as a legal blogger at the Tafida Raqeeb Case

by Emma Nottingham | Dec 23, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Notorious

This blog post originally appeared as the Transparency Project’s monthly column in Family Law for December 2019 at Family Law [2019] Fam Law 1476. Case background In September, I attended the hearing of the the Tafida Raqeeb case (Raqeeb (by her litigation...

‘Do Separating Parents Need the Family Court?’ – the annual Family Justice Council debate

by Alice T | Dec 6, 2019 | Analysis, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

Update 1st October 2020 – The transcript and podcast are now available at the FJC website here: https://www.judiciary.uk/related-offices-and-bodies/advisory-bodies/fjc/conference-debates/debates/ Transparency Project members have attended the annual debates...

Court of Appeal gives guidance on Secure Accommodation Orders

by Julie Doughty | Nov 29, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

A Local Authority v B’s mother; B’s father; B’s stepfather; and B (through her Cafcass guardian); the Association of Lawyers for Children (intervening) [2019] EWCA Civ 2025 The local authority was applying for a secure accommodation order in respect of B (aged 15). B...

How does the family court treat domestic abuse?: A snapshot (continued – Part 7)

by Sophie Smith Holland | Nov 27, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch

This is a post from Sophie Smith-Holland, who tweets as @SSmithHolland. The question of how the family court deals with domestic abuse has had a huge amount of public and media attention recently. Concerns have been raised that the system is placing children...

Cape v Dring and legal blogging

by Lucy R | Nov 23, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Transparency News

This blog post originally appeared as the Transparency Project’s monthly column for October 2019 in Family Law [2019] Fam Law 1208(1). Cape v Dring In July 2019, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case of Cape Intermediate Holdings Ltd v Dring...