by Lucy R | Oct 7, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
We’ve spotted an interesting decision from last month where a High Court Judge has published a judgment in connection with a jurisdictional dispute arising from a husband’s nullity petition, along with the names of both parties. The husband contended the...
by Malvika Jaganmohan | Oct 7, 2021 | Analysis, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
I confess, since Channel 5 cancelled Family Affairs, my commitment to British soaps has been sporadic at best. But once I heard that a juicy (and factually dubious) family court dispute was playing out on Eastenders involving glamorous villain, Janine Butcher, I...
by reporting watch team | Aug 27, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
INTRODUCTION This is a guest post by Teena Dhanota-Jones. Teena is a consultant family law solicitor at Simons Muirhead Burton. She tweets as @DhanotaJones I read with interest, in the matter of E v L [2021] EWFC 60 (13 July 2021) Mr Justice Mostyn’s rejection of an...
by Malvika Jaganmohan | Aug 10, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
What does AA v BB tell us about the treatment of domestic abuse since Re H-N? Since the Court of Appeal judgment in Re H-N [2021] EWCA Civ 448 which was handed down earlier this year, we’re starting to see more and more published cases concerning domestic abuse in...
by Judith Townend | Jun 24, 2021 | Analysis, Transparency News
Can transparency be in the limelight? Perhaps not, in scientific terms (or to avoid metaphor mixing), but court transparency is certainly having a moment. This is partly because of changes to the justice process expedited by COVID-19 and the...
by reporting watch team | May 7, 2021 | Analysis, Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
This is the text of a submission to the President of the Family Division’s Transparency Review made by Sir James Munby (former President of the Family Division), in advance of the oral evidence session scheduled for 17 May 2021. It is published here with kind...
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