by Guest Post | Sep 18, 2026 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post by Saara Parijaat. Saara is an undergraduate law student at the London School of Economics and hopes to pursue a career at the Bar. Re E (Special Guardianship; Pubic Law Proceedings) [2026] EWCA Civ 1167 is a recently published Court of Appeal...
by Guest Post | Jul 31, 2026 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post by Salomé Ashenden. Salomé holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Law (PGDL) from BPP University and an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College London. She has experience working as a paralegal and supporting litigants in person, and is due to...
by Lucy R | Jul 19, 2026 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Open Reporting
A much delayed legal blogpost – an explanation In October 2024 I visited the Central Family Court in London. My objective was to observe a hearing before the magistrates. At the time, the Reporting Pilot was in operation and there had been almost no reporting of...
by Julie Doughty | Jun 24, 2026 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Last month I attended an online hearing in Slough Family Court where the issue for the judge was whether the English court still had jurisdiction regarding a mother’s application, or whether family court proceedings should instead take place in Poland, where her son...
by Guest Post | Jun 22, 2026 | Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
This is a guest post by Harriet Humberstone, a law student who begins her Bar professional course this September. Harriet has a particular interest in representing children in both private and public law This is my account of a family court hearing I attended as a...
by Julie Doughty | May 1, 2026 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
The Supreme Court judgment in Re X and Y (Children: Adoption Order: Setting Aside) [2026] UKSC 13 was published on 22 April. We had watched the hearing and we wrote about it in this post on 20 February – Undoing an adoption order: an update. We don’t have...
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