by Julie Doughty | Jul 18, 2018 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
“Parents with parental responsibility always have a qualified right to object and an unqualified right to remove their children at will (subject to any court orders about where the child is to live). Section 20 gives local authorities no compulsory powers over...
by Barbara Rich | Apr 5, 2018 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Notorious
What are a person’s best interests in a decision to permit use of samples of body fluids or tissue for a purpose which is neither of direct therapeutic benefit to the person him or herself, or an act of direct altruism towards another person? The law of mental...
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by Paul M | Feb 25, 2018 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
“Secrecy in the court system is a growing concern. The press has a duty to uphold the principle of open justice and act as the eyes and ears of the public in the courts. The Times will resist any attempts to erode those principles.” So concludes a front page story in...
by reporting watch team | Feb 5, 2018 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
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 ITV This Morning and Daily Mail –...
by reporting watch team | Jan 28, 2018 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
This observation was made by HHJ Gareth Jones in Wrexham Family Court in March 2017, in a judgment Re E [2017] EWFC 101 published in January 2018. HHJ Jones is a transparency hero – he is the only judge in Wales whose judgments regularly appear on BAILII, in...
by Polly Morgan | Jan 24, 2018 | Analysis, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
There was an interesting article in The Times last week, ‘Is there such a thing as a good divorce? (paywall), written by Grania Langdon-Down. It was a bit of a hodge-podge of different concepts, but one bit I did find interesting was the suggestion that courts are...
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