by Alice T | Dec 5, 2021 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Media stories this week of an adoption breakdown, from the perspective of an adoptive mother who felt she had no option but to ask for her older child (15) to return to care, have provoked lots of comment, some of it scathing. We’ve gathered the reports and broadcasts...
by reporting watch team | Nov 27, 2021 | Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Transparency News
The Justice Committee is currently conducting an inquiry : Open justice: court reporting in the digital age The inquiry is not specific to family justice but it does encompass issues of relevance to the Family Court – so we made written submissions. One of our...
by Guest Post | Nov 16, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
This is a guest post from Sir James Munby. Sir James is the previous President of the Family Division. Hard on the heels of the CONSULTATION ON A PROPOSAL FOR A STANDARD REPORTING PERMISSION ORDER IN FINANCIAL REMEDY PROCEEDINGS published by Mostyn J and HHJ Hess, the...
by reporting watch team | Nov 13, 2021 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
We tweeted about this case in Croydon Family Court, having read this local media report on it, ‘Mother wins Croydon court fight over psychologist’ published on 18 October. The article says that a mother in family court proceedings had objected to the appointment...
by Julie Doughty | Oct 31, 2021 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
On Monday 25 October, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a programme in its ‘Analysis’ series about Parental Alienation. The programme is repeated today Sunday 31 October at 9.30 p.m. and is also available as a podcast. The presenter of the programme is journalist,...
by Guest Post | Oct 30, 2021 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
A comment by Sir James Munby on the Consultation Paper dated 28 October 2021 published by the FRC Lead Judges In a paper which I prepared for the recent At A Glance Conference on 13 October 2021 I suggested, in the course of a wide-ranging discussion of accountability...
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