by Polly Morgan | Oct 9, 2018 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch
Today’s Guardian has an article entitled : ‘MP to call for ban on attempted murderers recovering joint assets’. The article refers to a case raised by Gloria de Piero MP in which a man who was convicted of the attempted murder of his wife is seeking £60,000 of their...
by reporting watch team | Oct 3, 2018 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Yes. But just because you object doesn’t necessarily mean no journalist or blogger will be allowed in. This post explains what the court rules and other law say about when journalists (or bloggers) may be excluded. If you know wish to object to the attendance of...
by Lucy R | Oct 2, 2018 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Yesterday, 1 October, was the first day of the new legal bloggers pilot. Having spent many hours persuading the powers that be that this was a good idea to try out, it seemed like the done thing to be there on Day One. So, shortly before 10am I trotted from Chambers...
by reporting watch team | Sep 18, 2018 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
The Times published a story on 13 September under the headline, ‘Judge lets 14-year-old boy choose his own lawyer’. The judgment is on BAILII here – Re Z (A Child: Care Proceedings: Separate Representation) [2018] EWFC B57. We don’t know why the Times has not...
by reporting watch team | Sep 10, 2018 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Last autumn we covered the so-called ‘muslim foster carer’ case, over a number of blog posts (you can find those posts here). This week, just as we’d given up hope of ever finding out what happened to the little girl at the heart of the case, the...
by Barbara Rich | Aug 21, 2018 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Burki v. Seventy Thirty Ltd, Seventy Thirty Ltd v. Burki [2018] EWHC 2151 (QB) A recent High Court judgment offers a vivid glimpse into the real-life world of “Wry Society”, a regular feature in the Financial Times How to Spend Itmagazine, which holds a mirror up to...
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