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Defamation and domestic abuse – an update

Defamation and domestic abuse – an update

by Julie D | Jul 6, 2022 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, legal blogging from court

The judgment in Lee v Brown [2022] 1699 EWHC (QB) has now been published on TNA.  We wrote about the case after I attended one day of a hearing on 20 June.  This update isn’t going to go into detail on defamation law but will, I hope, explain further why I...
Archie Battersbee Case – The hearing in the Court of Appeal

Archie Battersbee Case – The hearing in the Court of Appeal

by Emma Nottingham | Jun 30, 2022 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, legal blogging from court

Background on the case so far The case concerns 12-year-old Archie, who is currently receiving mechanical ventilation in hospital following an accident in the home in April 2022, which led to brain damage. In May, the court granted permission for Archie to receive...
Another Financial Remedy case where anonymity was refused

Another Financial Remedy case where anonymity was refused

by Lucy R | Jun 20, 2022 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

The recent judgment in the case of Gallagher v Gallagher (No.1) (Reporting Restrictions) [2022] EWFC 52 is a sequel to the previously anonymised case of XZ v YZ [2022] EWFC 49. As the title suggests, having made an interim anonymity order, Mr Justice Mostyn decided in...
FAMILY COURT REPORTING WATCH ROUNDUP

FAMILY COURT REPORTING WATCH ROUNDUP

by Alice T | May 11, 2022 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

Welcome to the Roundup, where we correct, clarify and comment on media reports of family court cases, explain and comment on published family court judgments and highlight other transparency news MEDIA COVERAGE OF FAMILY COURT MATTERS ITV, Wales Online, BBC Wales, the...
The anonymisation wars – who is right about privacy in financial remedy cases?

The anonymisation wars – who is right about privacy in financial remedy cases?

by Lucy R | May 2, 2022 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

This post isn’t going to try and answer the question we’ve posed in the title (sorry) – but it is intended to try and briefly summarise some of what has been happening lately around the topic of family court transparency in financial remedies cases,...
Some Sunlight Seeps in

Some Sunlight Seeps in

by Guest Post | May 2, 2022 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious, Transparency News

This is a guest post by Sir James Munby, former President of the Family Division[1]. In relation to transparency in the Financial Remedies Court there are further signs that the tectonic plates are shifting. BT v CU In November 2021 Mostyn J set the cat among the...
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