by Paul M | Feb 19, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Divorcing couples who cannot agree how to divide their property can, as an alternative to costly and time consuming litigation, refer the matter to an arbitrator. But if one of them isn’t happy about the outcome, the matter could still end up in court. The recent case...
by reporting watch team | Feb 15, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Transparency News
Today, independent journalist and Transparency Project member Louise Tickle took her appeal against a reporting restriction order made by a family judge, to the Court of Appeal. She won. Louise and others are now able to report the story of a mother’s long...
by reporting watch team | Feb 14, 2019 | Cases, FCReportingWatch
Ok, perhaps we’re getting a bit over excited this Valentine’s day, but we’ve just had a response from the team at the Daily Express, about our almost forgotten complaint on the (not) ‘flirtatious text messages’ news items (see our post...
by Louise Tickle | Feb 12, 2019 | Cases, Comment
This blog post originally appeared in the November 2018 issue, [2018] Fam Law 1375. ‘Abduction: (legal use) The illegal removal of a child from its parents or guardians.’ ‘Kidnap: Abduct (someone) and hold them captive, typically to obtain a...
by reporting watch team | Feb 1, 2019 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Notorious
Our Alice Twaite attended a hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London today, where Mr Justice Williams approved the publication of a press release agreed between various of Olly’s family members, in the hope it will encourage his and his mum’s safe...
by reporting watch team | Jan 28, 2019 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
A little while ago, we wrote about some pretty poor lightweight reporting of a serious judgment. Initially, our attention was drawn to a terrible headline from Sky, but it soon became clear that most of the papers were writing in similar terms about the case –...
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