by Polly Morgan | Jan 24, 2018 | Analysis, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
There was an interesting article in The Times last week, ‘Is there such a thing as a good divorce? (paywall), written by Grania Langdon-Down. It was a bit of a hodge-podge of different concepts, but one bit I did find interesting was the suggestion that courts are...
by Lucy R | Jan 7, 2018 | Analysis, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Family Law publishes a regular blog series by The Transparency Project. This post originally appeared in August 2017 at [2017] Fam Law 908. It is reproduced here with kind permission of the publisher. In the June issue of Family Law at [2017] Fam Law 693 we wrote...
by Sarah P | Jan 3, 2018 | Explanation, FCReportingWatch
On December 21st 2017, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in CN v Poole Borough Council [2017] EWCA civ 2185. This judgment prompted a report in The Times on the 1st January 2018 with the headline ‘Abuse victims told they can’t sue council for...
by Polly Morgan | Dec 8, 2017 | Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
The Times and The Telegraph are reporting that new courts are being established to deal with the financial side of divorces for the wealthy. ‘Divorce courts for super-rich win cautious welcome from lawyers’ is The Times’ headline; The Telegraph has ‘New courts planned...
by reporting watch team | Dec 3, 2017 | Explanation, FCReportingWatch
On 17 November the Guardian ran a front page article by Amelia Hill about a “groundbreaking” new trial that CAFCASS were running, to tackle parental alienation. It contained substantial quotes from CAFCASS’ Principal Social Worker, Sarah Parsons, so appeared to have...
by Emma Nottingham | Nov 30, 2017 | Cases, Explanation
H (A Child : Surrogacy Breakdown) [2017] EWCA Civ 1798 Judge ordered surrogate mother to hand child over to intended same sex parents The case concerned two couples A and B, male same-sex partners, and C and D, a heterosexual married couple. C and D had 5...
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