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Abbasi – the Supreme Court finally hands down judgment on appeal about injunctions made to protect the identity of hospital staff providing end of life care

Abbasi – the Supreme Court finally hands down judgment on appeal about injunctions made to protect the identity of hospital staff providing end of life care

by Lucy Reed | Apr 19, 2025 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

A significant judgment about transparency was handed down by the Supreme Court this week – Abbasi and another v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2025] UKSC 15. The case of Abbasi has been very long running, as has the case of Haastrup that has...
Exhumation where father’s coercive control undermined decision on place of burial

Exhumation where father’s coercive control undermined decision on place of burial

by Guest Post | Apr 15, 2025 | Cases, Explanation

This is a guest post by Frank Cranmer, reposted from the Law & Religion UK blog, about a matter of ecclesiastical law which overlaps with family law. It concerns the grant of a faculty, which is an order granted by the Consistory Court for a particular Church of...
The Intermediaries Appeal – what does it tell us?

The Intermediaries Appeal – what does it tell us?

by Malvika Jaganmohan | Apr 12, 2025 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation

An appeal judgment has just landed in our inboxes on the correct approach to the use of intermediaries in care proceedings: Re M (A Child: Intermediaries) [2025] EWCA Civ 440. We wrote a post a couple of weeks ago when we became aware that this appeal was in the...
Transparency Orders – but can a parent tell their own story?

Transparency Orders – but can a parent tell their own story?

by reporting watch team | Apr 10, 2025 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Open Reporting, Transparency News

Since January the transparency order is ‘a thing’, in that courts will usually make one in every case where a reporter attends a hearing. Such orders allow the anonymised reporting of a hearing or a case by the media. But what about the parents? Does it...
SECTION 12 – YET MORE CONFUSION

SECTION 12 – YET MORE CONFUSION

by Lucy Reed | Apr 10, 2025 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Open Reporting, Transparency News

This is a guest post by Sir James Munby, former President of the Family Division. On 2 April 2025 Harris J handed down her reserved judgment in M v F and C [2025] EWHC 801 (Fam). The case had first come to public attention when the hearing on 20 February 2025 was...
Transparency Orders – but can a parent tell their own story?

Transparency Orders – tool or straight jacket?

by Lucy R | Apr 10, 2025 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Open Reporting, Reporting Pilot, Transparency News

[Update 19 Apr 2025: In light of the judgment in Abbasi delivered by the Supreme Court this week, we’ve slightly adjusted the wording in a couple of places (shown in italics and square brackets)]. In a recent interesting judgment hiding behind the nondescript...
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