Transgender v ultra-Orthodox Jewish community?

by reporting watch team | Jan 31, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

The press widely report the decision of Mr Justice Peter Jackson in a very sad and difficult case involving an ultra-orthodox Jewish (Charedi) family, where the father left the community to become a transgender woman, and has not seen her five children since. Mr...

Wife leads – and loses – fight to keep divorce hearings secret

by reporting watch team | Jan 21, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

The Times reported earlier this week that a case was about to be heard in which the Court of Appeal was being asked to consider the question of privacy in respect of financial remedy cases and appeals – and that it was thought that the Appeal Judges might issue...

Judge rejects Welsh local authority’s care plan and allows mother to keep her eighth baby

by reporting watch team | Jan 12, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

The judgment of His Honour Judge Gareth Jones in Re A (A Child) [2016] EWFC B101 (25 August 2016) was recently published on BAILII. Although it is not an authority from a higher court we think it is a good illustration of some important principles, and also contains...

Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup

by reporting watch team | Jan 7, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

Correcting, clarifying or commenting on media reports of family court cases Explaining or commenting on published judgments of family court cases Highlighting other transparency news MEDIA (MIS)REPORTS OF FAMILY COURT CASES The Times and the Telegraph – Polly...

A genius from another planet?

by reporting watch team | Jan 2, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

The Telegraph reported just before Christmas that : Millionaire seeks greater share in divorce because he is a ‘genius’, prompting court to examine the meaning of the word    The case is one involving a multimillionaire financier who is unhappy with...

The GD the BD and the very very ugly

by reporting watch team | Dec 21, 2016 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

Mr Justice Cobb’s judgment in the case of GD & BD (Children) (Rev 1) [2016] EWHC 3312 (Fam) (20 December 2016) was published this week. It has already been described by Suesspicious Minds blog as the worst case of 2016, not without good reason. It...