by Barbara Rich | Feb 14, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
The judgment : In the Matter of an Application by Denise Brewster for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2017] UKSC 8 The history It’s impossible not to feel sympathy for Denise Brewster’s shattering transition from celebrating her engagement to mourning her...
by reporting watch team | Feb 12, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
The press has been full with news stories about the case of Mr and Mrs Mills, and although no judgment has yet been published, further details have emerged as the week has worn on. And there is plenty of opinion out there too as to what this case means for, or...
by reporting watch team | Feb 11, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch
We wrote in January about a case reported as a wife losing her fight to keep divorce hearings secret. The wife in question was Mrs Norman. You can read our original post here. At the time the judgment explaining the Court of Appeal’s reasons had not been...
by reporting watch team | Feb 5, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Trends
Two judgments have recently been published by Mr Justice Bodey in a financial remedy case. The case is interesting in terms of the law around financial remedies, and from a transparency perspective. You can read the main decision on BAILII here : X v X (application...
by reporting watch team | Jan 31, 2017 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
We have previously written about the case of MM (an incapacitated adult living in Portugal in a care home) and Mrs Kirk, who was imprisoned for refusing to assist the court with his return to be cared for back in Devon where he had previously been living. Our first...
by reporting watch team | Jan 31, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
The press widely report the decision of Mr Justice Peter Jackson in a very sad and difficult case involving an ultra-orthodox Jewish (Charedi) family, where the father left the community to become a transgender woman, and has not seen her five children since. Mr...
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