by Malvika Jaganmohan | Oct 8, 2022 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Two judgments caught my eye in the last few weeks, adding to the body of case law relating to the conduct of experts who provide evidence in the family courts. One expert came out pretty well; the other… less so. Let’s start with the positive, shall we? (Warning:...
by Paul M | Sep 18, 2022 | Comment, Explanation
In two previous posts we’ve discussed the fate of the late Prince Philip’s will. Following an application by his executors, the court made an order sealing it up for 90 years. There were questions about how transparent those proceedings were, but the basic rule that...
by Julie Doughty | Aug 18, 2022 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
The full name of this case is Warwickshire County Council v the Mother and the Father and X and Z. It appears on TNA as Warwickshire County Council v the Mother & ors [2022] EWHC 2146 (Fam). It’s also on BAILII here – which conveniently includes links to the case...
by Guest Post | Aug 12, 2022 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post by Georgia Fineberg about the case of X v Y [2022] EWFC 77 (07 July 2022). Georgia is a future pupil barrister who has worked for nine years in the women’s voluntary sector, primarily supporting survivors of domestic abuse and the LGBTQI+...
by Guest Post | Aug 10, 2022 | Analysis, Court of Protection, Explanation
This is a guest post by Alex Ruck Keene, reposted with permission from the Mental Capacity Law and Policy blog. In Re EM [2022] EWCOP 31, Mostyn J expressed a number of concerns about the transparency order made in the case before him by Keehan J, in ‘broadly...
by Julie Doughty | Aug 4, 2022 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
There’s been a lot in the media recently about individual people who are appointed in the family courts to give a professional opinion on relationships where there’s suspected alienation by mothers. This process happens by way of agreeing and commissioning...
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