Archie Battersbee Case – The hearing in the Court of Appeal

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...

Domestic abuse and defamation

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...

The unintended consequences of law – a postscript

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...

Another Financial Remedy case where anonymity was refused

by Lucy R | Jun 20, 2022 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

The recent judgment in the case of Gallagher v Gallagher (No.1) (Reporting Restrictions) [2022] EWFC 52 is a sequel to the previously anonymised case of XZ v YZ [2022] EWFC 49. As the title suggests, having made an interim anonymity order, Mr Justice Mostyn decided in...

Very much ancillary

by Lucy R | May 31, 2022 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

A lot has been written of late about the privacy (or otherwise) of family money cases, and all of it by men with big brains and a lot of words. As someone who hasn’t conducted a money case for some years (not great with numbers, me), I would not dare to offer any view...

FAMILY COURT REPORTING WATCH ROUNDUP

by Alice T | May 11, 2022 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, 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 ITV, Wales Online, BBC Wales, the...