by Alice T | Jul 24, 2022 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious, Transparency News
Welcome to the Roundup, where we correct, clarify and comment on media reports of family court cases, explain and comment on published family court judgments and highlight other transparency news MEDIA COVERAGE OF FAMILY COURT MATTERS Linktastic BBC News –...
by Emma Nottingham | Jul 16, 2022 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
The Archie Battersbee litigation has featured a series of different applications. The first, back in April 2022, resulted in a decision that it was lawful for clinicians to undertake brain stem testing, despite the parent’s objections. The brain stem testing could not...
by Julie Doughty | Jul 6, 2022 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
The judgment in Lee v Brown [2022] 1699 EWHC (QB) has now been published on TNA. We wrote about the case after I attended one day of a hearing on 20 June. This update isn’t going to go into detail on defamation law but will, I hope, explain further why I...
by Emma Nottingham | Jun 30, 2022 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Background on the case so far The case concerns 12-year-old Archie, who is currently receiving mechanical ventilation in hospital following an accident in the home in April 2022, which led to brain damage. In May, the court granted permission for Archie to receive...
by Julie Doughty | Jun 22, 2022 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
This is a post about a defamation trial where one party (the claimant – C) is claiming the other party (the defendant – D) has caused his reputation serious harm by making statements that allege domestic abuse by C against D. Far removed from the recent...
by Lucy R | Jun 21, 2022 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
Not long ago I wrote a tiresomely long post about what I will call the transparency in financial remedy (FR) cases, a topic about which there has been much recent debate (see Very Much Ancillary). Others may quibble about the use of the term ‘transparency’ but to me...
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