by reporting watch team | May 7, 2021 | Analysis, Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
This is the text of a submission to the President of the Family Division’s Transparency Review made by Sir James Munby (former President of the Family Division), in advance of the oral evidence session scheduled for 17 May 2021. It is published here with kind...
by Julie Doughty | May 6, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This case was an application by a birth mother for permission to appeal against a decision in the High Court that had refused her leave to apply to oppose an adoption order – Re S (A Child) [2021] EWCA Civ 605. Basically, she is asking the Court of Appeal to say the...
by Julie Doughty | Apr 28, 2021 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
I recently attended, as a legal blogger, a care hearing conducted in Wales by HHJ Gareth Jones. I’m not going to go into factual details of the case but will make some observations about process in virtual hearings from the point of view of a legal blogger, and about...
by Alice T | Apr 25, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Welcome to this month’s 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 The Express...
by Julie Doughty | Apr 22, 2021 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This newly published judgment, Re P (Discharge of Party) [2021] EWCA Civ 512 is interesting because ‘It appears that this is the first case in which a special advocate has been instructed in the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal’ [para 5]. A special advocate is a...
by Julie Doughty | Apr 13, 2021 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
‘Yes’, according to new research from the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory (NFJO). The purpose and effectiveness of this type of court order is currently being considered by one of the innumerable sub-groups of the Public Law Working Group. Now, the...
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