by Paul M | Mar 3, 2024 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Returning to East London Family Court after my first experience of legal blogging under the Reporting Pilot (recently extended to this court), I was able to see another judge at work and to witness yet another happy resolution to what had evidently been a long and...
by Julie D | Feb 27, 2024 | Cases, FCReportingWatch
This judgment published last week on The National Archives – FW v MJ [2024]EWFC 33 (B) caught our eye because it’s unusual for a judgment by a district judge to be published. The reasons for the low numbers were investigated by a TIG (Transparency...
by Paul M | Feb 18, 2024 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
The transparency Reporting Pilot, launched a year ago in just three courts, has recently been expanded to a further 16 courts, one of which is East London Family Court. As that court is within easy reach by public transport, I decided to investigate its potential for...
by Polly Morgan | Feb 6, 2024 | Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Between August 2022 and June 2023, I observed, online, a number of hearings in a single case heard by His Honour Judge Shelton who is a judge in the family court in Leeds. The case was about the amount of money that the father/ex husband (James) should pay towards his...
by reporting watch team | Jan 24, 2024 | Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post by Lucy Taylor. Lucy is a pupil barrister at Coram Chambers. When it is disputed whether a person uses drugs, the family court can – and often does – order hair strand testing to determine the issue. This article draws upon the work of...
by Julie D | Jan 5, 2024 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Reporting Pilot
Attending a case under the Reporting Pilot at Cardiff court recently, two questions arose for me that might be recognised more widely in private law disputes: How does a judge manage a fair hearing where one party is represented by a barrister and the other party has...
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