by reporting watch team | Feb 15, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Transparency News
Today, independent journalist and Transparency Project member Louise Tickle took her appeal against a reporting restriction order made by a family judge, to the Court of Appeal. She won. Louise and others are now able to report the story of a mother’s long...
by reporting watch team | Jan 17, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch
This post is about a case called : A and B (Children) [2018] EWHC 3491 (Fam) (20 December 2018). In this case the recently retired President of the Family Division Sir James Munby had to deal with an application for reporting restriction orders arising from care...
by reporting watch team | Jan 13, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch
Thanks to Emily Ward for alerting us to this gem of a headline from Sky News : Man loses court fight over wife’s ‘flirtatious’ kisses on text messages.A family court judge has said a woman’s kisses on texts to her former husband are not proof...
by Julie D | Jan 3, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This question was asked by Lord Justice Peter Jackson in a judgment reported last month, Re F (A Child: Placement Order: Proportionality) [2018] EWCA Civ 2761 The risk here was of future significant harm and the remedy was a closed adoption. However, this...
by reporting watch team | Dec 5, 2018 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch
In Part 1 of this blog post, we provided an update on policy and practice regarding issues of parental alienation. Re D [2018] EWFC B64 is a very lengthy (64 pages) fact-finding judgment by HHJ Clifford Bellamy in Chesterfield Family Court, delivered on 19...
by reporting watch team | Nov 10, 2018 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
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...
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