Domestic abuse and the Financial Remedies Court

by Guest Post | Aug 8, 2024 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Trends

This is a guest post from Femi Ogunlende. Femi is a barrister at No5 Chambers. This post discusses the current approach to domestic abuse in financial remedy proceedings. For those short on time and unable to read the post in full, the key conclusions you need to be...

Final divorce orders – a ‘particular category’

by Guest Post | Aug 8, 2024 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, Notorious

In this guest post, barrister Elizabeth Wark explains what happened when a solicitor accidentally applied online for a divorce for the wrong client, and why that couldn’t be fixed by the court. The facts In the recent case of Williams v. Williams [2024] EWHC 733...

London judge makes post-adoption contact order

by Julie Doughty | Jul 27, 2024 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch

We’ve come across what we think is the first ever judgment published on TNA/BAILII where a post-adoption contact order under section 51A of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 has been made. However, this order makes rather a fleeting appearance in the very long and...

Legal blogging from the magistrates – ‘live with’ and ‘spend time with’ orders

by Julie Doughty | Jul 4, 2024 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Reporting Pilot

I’m taking up this report from Lucy’s of 5 May. This is our first successful legal blogging from a hearing before magistrates in the family court – which the mainstream media appear to be ignoring. Magistrates hear the less complicated cases which are unlikely to...

Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup

by reporting watch team | Jul 1, 2024 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Transparency News

Welcome to the Roundup, where we correct, clarify and comment on media reports of family law, explain and comment on published family court judgments, and highlight other transparency news.  MEDIA COVERAGE OF FAMILY LAW MATTERS The Independent (2 June 2024)...

The tricky task of making a Child Arrangements Order: directive or undefined? (and how to seek clarification from the judge?)

by Guest Post | Jun 26, 2024 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

This is a post by Rebecca Wright. Rebecca is a barrister at Garden Court North. Be warned: Mr Justice Poole has made clear that an undefined provision in a child arrangements order, directing the parents to sort out holiday contact between them, can be successfully...