by Lucy R | Aug 2, 2015 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, Notorious
This judgment of Mr Justice Holman was published in June. You can read it in full on BAILII here : Fields v Fields (Rev 1) [2015] EWHC 1670 (Fam) (04 June 2015). It is a decision made in financial remedy proceedings (sorting out the finances after separation of a...
by Lucy R | Jun 23, 2015 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, Notorious
Christopher Booker wrote about the case of Ethan Williams in The Telegraph this weekend, in an article entitled : When judges defy instinct, it is children who pay the price – We were presented with two flatly opposing views of the story of Rebecca Minnock, who...
by Lucy R | Jun 22, 2015 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, Notorious
We have been alerted to an article in the Telegraph by Christopher Booker relating to the case of Ethan Williams (Minnock), which we have blogged about here : The missing mum case. We have written an article in response to that piece, and have invited the Telegraph to...
by Lucy R | Jun 11, 2015 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, Notorious
I went to Bristol Crown Court today [Update 22/6/15 : original date of publication was 11/6/15] to report on “the missing mum case” as it appears now to have been labelled. I asked a journalist sat outside with his film crew whether he was here for the...
by Lucy R | Apr 3, 2015 | Cases, Explanation
This case about a financial claim on divorce hit the mainstream media recently (see for example The Telegraph here. The case involved a millionaire divorcee Barry Stocker. At first blush it seems surprising that either one of a wealthy couple should be “left too...
by Lucy R | Jan 24, 2015 | Cases, Explanation
Lucy Reed has blogged about a recent case where a person committed to prison for contempt of court was initially anonymous due to a reporting restriction order made by a Family Division Judge. The order has now been varied. You can read Lucy’s blog post on Pink...
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