by Guest Post | Nov 16, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
This is a guest post from Sir James Munby. Sir James is the previous President of the Family Division. Hard on the heels of the CONSULTATION ON A PROPOSAL FOR A STANDARD REPORTING PERMISSION ORDER IN FINANCIAL REMEDY PROCEEDINGS published by Mostyn J and HHJ Hess, the...
by reporting watch team | Nov 13, 2021 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
We tweeted about this case in Croydon Family Court, having read this local media report on it, ‘Mother wins Croydon court fight over psychologist’ published on 18 October. The article says that a mother in family court proceedings had objected to the appointment...
by Guest Post | Oct 20, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch
This post is by Delia Minoprio. We asked Delia to look at a news article we saw in the Liverpool Echo, and to consider it alongside the judgment in the case it related to. Let me start with a confession: I’m a family law barrister and I feel a little embarrassed by it...
by Lucy R | Oct 17, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch
Parental alienation (PA) is a controversial subject on which there are widely polarised views, making it difficult to write about in a way that doesn’t attract criticism from some quarter. There were a batch of PA judgments (all about the same family) published...
by Louise Tickle | Oct 7, 2021 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
I’m on holiday in Greece when I hear about a case involving a mother who has taken her children some 10 hours travel-time from the family home, without their father’s knowledge or consent. It’s a case that involves allegations of domestic abuse, a father who admits he...
by Lucy R | Oct 7, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
We’ve spotted an interesting decision from last month where a High Court Judge has published a judgment in connection with a jurisdictional dispute arising from a husband’s nullity petition, along with the names of both parties. The husband contended the...
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