by Guest Post | May 4, 2020 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Trends
This is a guest post by Celia Kitzinger, co-director of the Coma and Disorders of Consciousness Research Centre and Honorary Professor, Cardiff University School of Law and Politics. She tweets as @KitzingerCelia During the current public health emergency,...
by Lucy R | May 4, 2020 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Although the remote family justice soup has of late been a right old ‘pea souper’, with some difficult to digest lumps of guidance giving us all a tummy ache, some new letters have floated to the top of family justice broth this week. Re A and Re B are...
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by Jack Harrison | Apr 23, 2020 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Re P (A Child: Remote Hearing) (Rev 3) [2020] EWFC 32 is a decision of the President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice, Sir Andrew McFarlane, about whether or not a 15 day trial should go ahead remotely. The trial was set down within care proceedings...
by reporting watch team | Apr 13, 2020 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, 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 Many mainstream...
by Malvika Jaganmohan | Mar 29, 2020 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
In the last two weeks, the family justice system has been plunged into the deep end. Family lawyers, judges and court staff have been grappling with varied forms of technology to transition cases online as quickly as possible during the coronavirus crisis. Inevitably,...
by Alice T | Mar 21, 2020 | Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Published 21 March 2020. Updated 29 June 2020 There’s been a flurry of guidance in response to the pandemic. We’ve gathered some useful links (with key definitions) to help families, advice workers and professionals find and use practical information more...
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