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Litigants in person – getting court documents well before the hearing begins

by Paul M | Oct 7, 2016 | Cases, Explanation

Conducting your own case as a litigant in person (LiP) is hard enough as it is, without being given a massive bundle of the other side’s documents and law reports at the door of the court, just as the hearing is about to begin. Last week a judge in the High Court...

Re W – The Wrong end of the stick?

by reporting watch team | Oct 7, 2016 | Cases, FCReportingWatch

[Edit 17/10/16 : The Daily Mirror Various newspapers] this week reported a family case about adoption. We think they have got it rather wrong. The article is by Brian Farmer, and is titled “Grandparents win court fight to stop grandchild they didn’t know existed...

Giving a clear and simple judgment: how hard can it be?

by Paul M | Sep 16, 2016 | Cases, Comment

Newspaper reports of a judgment released this week have concentrated on the use, by the judge, of an emoji – probably a first in the Senior Courts. But the judgment is far more interesting for the way the judge, Mr Justice Peter Jackson, has written it so that...

Former MP John Hemming urges appeals court to look in to case of teenager related to public figure

by Lucy R | Aug 9, 2016 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, Notorious

A story under this headline appeared on the Your Local Guardian site on 8 August : Former MP John Hemming urges appeals court to look in to case of teenager related to public figure. It suggests that ex-MP John Hemming is going to be launching an appeal to the Court...

Two million things wrong with this headline…

by Lucy R | Aug 6, 2016 | Cases, Comment, Notorious

Child killer’s £2m legal aid: How taxpayers funded Ellie Butler’s warped father’s battle for custody of the little girl he went on to murder Ben Butler, 36, was given a ‘blank cheque’ by taxpayers to fund his lawyers Ellie’s loving...

Ellie Butler – the missing judgment about her sibling

by Lucy R | Jul 29, 2016 | Cases, Explanation, Notorious

We have previously written about the tragic case of Ellie Butler a number of times on this blog : Ellie Butler – drawing together some strands and discussions Ellie Butler – some useful resources Lessons from the Ellie Butler Case Lucy Reed also wrote a...
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