by Julie Doughty | Sep 21, 2015 | Analysis, Cases, Comment
In a judgment published on Bailii last week, called H v A (No.2), Mr Justice MacDonald had to consider a very risky situation that had potentially arisen because of the current Family Court guidance about publishing judgments. This case illustrates an interesting...
by Lucy R | Sep 4, 2015 | Analysis, Cases
The Telegraph reports : Judge removes child from disabled mother over costs of care. The sub-heading reads : Boy removed from disabled mother’s care over costs as judge dismisses an allegation of ‘social engineering’. We wondered how accurate the headline and body...
by Lucy R | Aug 30, 2015 | Analysis, Trends
In part 1 we responded to a blog post by John Hemming on the Marilyn Stowe blog. We raised some queries which Mr Hemming answered in a blog on his own blog. It’s taken us a few days to respond, but here is what we think of that response. Firstly,...
by Lucy R | Aug 22, 2015 | Analysis, Explanation, Trends
John Hemming, former MP, has recently written a blog post on the Marilyn Stowe blog, called Adoption – A look at the statistics, in which he says : In the year to 31 March 2014 5,050 children left care through adoption, and of these 2,400 were “non consensual”...
by Lucy R | Aug 2, 2015 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, Notorious
This judgment of Mr Justice Holman was published in June. You can read it in full on BAILII here : Fields v Fields (Rev 1) [2015] EWHC 1670 (Fam) (04 June 2015). It is a decision made in financial remedy proceedings (sorting out the finances after separation of a...
by Paul M | Jun 26, 2015 | Analysis, Cases, Notorious, Transparency News
We believe that transparency in family justice relies on recognition of human rights. Essentially, achieving transparency in a way that balances everyone’s rights (including the rights of children) can be explained through three important Articles in the European...
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