by Guest Post | Jun 10, 2020 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation
This is a guest post from Katie Gollop. Katie is a barrister at Serjeants’ Inn Chambers specialising in healthcare related law. She’s also a Deputy High Court Judge allocated to the Family Division and Court of Protection. Cometh the hour, cometh a timely change in...
by Julie Doughty | Jun 4, 2020 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Today I attended a Court of Appeal hearing as a member of the public. The Court of Appeal sits in public so if you’re nearby in London, you can go in to see what’s going on. Today’s hearing was however held remotely because of the corona virus...
by Lucy R | May 20, 2020 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
We wrote about this case last week. We said ‘watch this space’ : To name or not to name – that is the question Now, we bring you part two… The judge has changed his mind after the intervention of two journalists : our own Louise Tickle and...
by Guest Post | May 19, 2020 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is a post by Delia Minoprio. Delia is a family law barrister at 1 Crown Office Row specialising in all aspects of children work. She tweets as @familylawdm The latest case on remote hearings in a care case comes from Mr Justice Williams,...
by Alice T | May 16, 2020 | Analysis, Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Welcome to this month’s 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 The Times and the...
by Lucy R | May 12, 2020 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
We noticed two cases in which judgments were published yesterday, the very day that the President’s Transparency Review call for evidence closed – each deals with the question of whether a local authority who had brought care proceedings should be named, and...
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