by Jack Harrison | Jul 11, 2020 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
What approach should the family court adopt when dealing with vulnerable people and those with disabilities? Judges and magistrates of the family court deal with some of the most vulnerable people in our society. Quite often, people will find it difficult to...
by Paul M | Jul 5, 2020 | Cases, Comment, Explanation
The recent case of Ameyaw v McGoldrick [2020] EWHC 1741 (QB) offers a cautionary tale about McKenzie Friends and what they can and can’t do for you in court. In this case the judge, Mrs Justice Steyn, refused to allow the MF to make oral submissions on behalf of...
by Polly Morgan | Jul 1, 2020 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This post provides an update to Polly Morgan’s ‘State of the Union’ post, which outlined the Villiers’ case when it was first heard. We suggest you read that original post first, because the facts and the legal concepts are explained more fully...
by Julie Doughty | Jun 26, 2020 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Lancashire County Council v M & Ors (COVID-19 Adjournment Application) [2020] EWFC 43 is another case (like Re C that we wrote on here) where an extraordinarily large number of professionals spent many hours working on a notion that was dismissed by the judge,...
by reporting watch team | Jun 18, 2020 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
296 days ago, on 27 August 2019, the Daily Express published an inaccurate article in the print edition of their paper. Today they have published a correction because the regulator IPSO required this. For those who are interested, we saved the original Express article...
by Julie Doughty | Jun 12, 2020 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This post is an update to the hearing I attended last week that I wrote about here . The Court of Appeal judgment has now been published on BAILII as Re C (Children: Covid-19: Representation) [2020] EWCA Civ 734 . The judgment is given by Lord Justice Peter Jackson....
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