by reporting watch team | Aug 26, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post by Laura Vickers. Laura is a specialist children law barrister and mediator practising at No5 Barristers’ Chambers. She tweets as @LauraVickersNo5 When the social services department of a local authority believes that a child is likely...
by reporting watch team | Aug 24, 2021 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Earlier this week, the Daily Mail published a story with the headline above, written by Michelle Goodman, a mother who had been in dispute with her child’s father about contact arrangements. (Michelle Goodman is not the author’s real name). We quickly recognised...
by Guest Post | Aug 24, 2021 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post by Laura Vickers. Laura is a specialist children law barrister and mediator practising at No5 Barristers’ Chambers. She tweets as @LauraVickersNo5 Sometimes, English courts need to deal with families living overseas. They gain the...
by Polly Morgan | Aug 17, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Her Honour Judge Vincent is known for publishing her judgments. Whether they relate to children disputes, child protection and care proceedings or – as here in JB v MB [2020] EWFC B69 – financial provision on divorce, they are always clearly written and easy to...
by reporting watch team | Aug 12, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
In June this year, the Court of Appeal heard an application by a mother that the court use its powers under the inherent jurisdiction to set aside adoption orders made in April 2020, in respect of three children. The judgment in this case has now been published as Re...
by Malvika Jaganmohan | Aug 10, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
What does AA v BB tell us about the treatment of domestic abuse since Re H-N? Since the Court of Appeal judgment in Re H-N [2021] EWCA Civ 448 which was handed down earlier this year, we’re starting to see more and more published cases concerning domestic abuse in...
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