by reporting watch team | May 20, 2017 | Cases, FCReportingWatch
There have been news reports recently about failures at a forensic lab in Manchester, which was used for forensic testing in criminal cases. It was reported earlier this month that “Scores of convictions [are] in doubt amid forensic test manipulation...
by reporting watch team | May 19, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
…Or so we imagine the headlines may run if and when a member of the press reads as far as the bottom few paragraphs of the unassuming A (A Minor : Fact Finding; Unrepresented Party) [2017] EWHC 1195 (Fam) (19 May 2017), a recent judgment of Mr Justice Anthony...
by reporting watch team | May 17, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
POPPI’S DAD’S CASH Accused dad of ‘abused’ tot Poppi Worthington to trouser thousands more in legal aid for inquest Paul Worthington, 49, got £117,000 in public cash for a custody battle over his other kids and is now set to rake in more Above is...
by Julie Doughty | May 17, 2017 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
In The Times last week, family courts were accused of being ‘secretive’ because they do not advertise the names of people who are getting divorced – under the headline ‘Call to end divorce case secrecy’ (paywall). ‘Secret’...
by reporting watch team | May 15, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch
Re B (change of residence; parental alienation) [2017] EWFC B24 is the recently published judgment from a family court decision that a child had been alienated from her father by her mother and should move to live with her father. One of the aims of the...
by reporting watch team | May 7, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This blog post is about a case which provides a useful discussion point around questions of privacy of information in family cases, and what can and can’t be disclosed about them. It illustrates how unclear things can be. The case is S v SP and CAFCASS [2016]...
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