by Polly Morgan | Aug 17, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Her Honour Judge Vincent is known for publishing her judgments. Whether they relate to children disputes, child protection and care proceedings or – as here in JB v MB [2020] EWFC B69 – financial provision on divorce, they are always clearly written and easy to...
by reporting watch team | Aug 12, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
In June this year, the Court of Appeal heard an application by a mother that the court use its powers under the inherent jurisdiction to set aside adoption orders made in April 2020, in respect of three children. The judgment in this case has now been published as Re...
by reporting watch team | Aug 6, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is post by Elizabeth Wark. Elizabeth is a barrister at Three Doctor Johnson’s Buildings specialising in civil and family law. She tweets as @ElizabethWark7 The Covid pandemic has profoundly affected lives and livelihoods. This blog explains a family court...
by Guest Post | Jul 30, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post from Rhys Taylor, The 36 Group. Barrister, Arbitrator, Mediator. Rhys tweets as @RhysTaylor32 and is co-editor of www.familyarbitrator.com. A plea to stay with me I will admit that if I were not a family lawyer, I probably would not be bothered...
by Jack Harrison | Jul 16, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
At the beginning of this year, I wrote a short post which tried to explain the increasingly troublesome area of Deprivation of Liberty in an accessible way. It is, in effect, the power of the High Court under its ancient powers of protection to authorise that a child...
by reporting watch team | Jul 8, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
In 2017, we wrote about a case where a family court judge came in for some very serious criticism for his treatment of professionals in the course of a judgment. This post provides an update in light of a new judgment relating to the same case. You can read our...
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