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...
by reporting watch team | Jan 28, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch
Poppy died 3 years ago, aged just 4, at the hands of her mother and partner who were long standing addicts. She had head injuries, bruising and had ingested drugs including heroin, methadone and ketamine in the 6 months before her death. According to recent reports...
by reporting watch team | Jan 21, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
The Times reported earlier this week that a case was about to be heard in which the Court of Appeal was being asked to consider the question of privacy in respect of financial remedy cases and appeals – and that it was thought that the Appeal Judges might issue...
by reporting watch team | Jan 12, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
The judgment of His Honour Judge Gareth Jones in Re A (A Child) [2016] EWFC B101 (25 August 2016) was recently published on BAILII. Although it is not an authority from a higher court we think it is a good illustration of some important principles, and also contains...
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