by reporting watch team | Aug 24, 2021 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Earlier this week, the Daily Mail published a story with the headline above, written by Michelle Goodman, a mother who had been in dispute with her child’s father about contact arrangements. (Michelle Goodman is not the author’s real name). We quickly recognised...
by Julie Doughty | Jul 7, 2021 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
This post is not about family law; it’s about defamation law. It involves alleged behaviour by a husband (Bruno Lachaux) to his wife (Afsana Lachaux). Since their separation, Mr and Mrs Lachaux have been involved in litigation in the family court which we wrote about...
by Julie Doughty | May 18, 2021 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
This judgment, Cardiff City Council v A Mother & Ors [2021] EWFC 44, relates to the case that Emily Dugan wrote about in the Sunday Times and that we wrote about here. This judgment appears to be the only one given by HHJ Jonathan Furness that has ever been...
by Guest Post | Apr 2, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
This is a guest post from Olive Craig. Olive is senior legal officer at Rights of Women. She is a qualified family law solicitor specialising in children law and legal aid. Rights of Women is a legal charity that provides free, confidential legal advice to women in...
by reporting watch team | Mar 28, 2021 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
There is still no decision from the Court of Appeal on the conjoined domestic abuse appeals that we wrote about in February. The Court of Appeal considers Domestic Abuse – Part 1 However, we did notice two judgments from HHJ Tolson published on Friday –...
by Alice T | Mar 11, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious, Transparency News
Last week the Court of Appeal heard journalist Melanie Newman’s appeal against an order against disclosure of the court papers behind a flawed decision that a young child should be adopted (subsequently overturned by the Court of Appeal with the child going home). I...
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