Reporting Financial Remedies Cases: The Journalist’s View – A Paper by Sir James Munby

by Guest Post | Oct 14, 2021 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

This is the text of a speech delivered at the at the At A Glance Conference in London on 13 October 2021, reproduced with kind thanks to Sir James Munby. I am a mere lawyer. I am neither a reporter nor a journalist, though we will shortly be hearing from a...

When Worlds – and Words – collide

by Louise Tickle | Oct 7, 2021 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging

I’m on holiday in Greece when I hear about a case involving a mother who has taken her children some 10 hours travel-time from the family home, without their father’s knowledge or consent. It’s a case that involves allegations of domestic abuse, a father who admits he...

I watched Eastenders and analysed Scarlett’s family court drama so you don’t have to

by Malvika Jaganmohan | Oct 7, 2021 | Analysis, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

I confess, since Channel 5 cancelled Family Affairs, my commitment to British soaps has been sporadic at best. But once I heard that a juicy (and factually dubious) family court dispute was playing out on Eastenders involving glamorous villain, Janine Butcher, I...

Why can’t we read Prince Philip’s Will?

by Paul M | Sep 26, 2021 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

The Royal Family in modern times live very public lives. Core members seem to have been bred in captivity, like exotic fish in an open aquarium, some of whose waters are murkier than others, but almost all of which will sooner or later be publicly visible. But not...

Stumbling across a paradigm case – part 4 (a personal view)

by Lucy R | Sep 12, 2021 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging

PART 4 COMMENT This is the fourth and final part of a four part blog series. Part 1 is here, and links to parts 2 and 3. Reminder : To ensure that the child and family are not identified I am not allowed to reveal whether the child is a boy or a girl, but to make the...

Stumbling across a paradigm case – part 3 (how I did it)

by reporting watch team | Sep 12, 2021 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging

PART 3 : HOW DID YOU DO IT? This is the third part of a four part blog series. Part 1 is here, and links to parts 2 and 4. Reminder : To ensure that the child and family are not identified I am not allowed to reveal whether the child is a boy or a girl, but to make...