by reporting watch team | May 1, 2026 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
Between 5 and 7 April, a story was published on three associated local news sites in Dorset with the headline ‘Dorset court rules mother should have no contact with child’. The articles said that a judge in Bournemouth Family Court had made an order relating to a...
by reporting watch team | Apr 1, 2026 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
On 30 March, The Guardian published this editorial: ‘The Guardian view on family justice: transparency should help a flawed system to improve. Increased openness is a change for the better. But cuts have made the courts’ work far harder’ We have written...
by Lucy R | Feb 23, 2026 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Last week saw publication of an important judgment from the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, in a case called Re Y (Experts and Alienating Behaviour: The Modern Approach) [2026] EWFC 38. The case involves now notorious family court expert...
by Guest Post | Jan 28, 2026 | Comment, Court of Protection, Transparency News
This is a guest post by Alex Cisneros, barrister at 39 Essex Chambers. Although it is primarily concerned with cases in the Court of Protection, the risks of using AI apply equally to family law cases, particularly where they have been or will be heard in private. I...
by Polly Morgan | Jan 14, 2026 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
If you have been to family court, there is a good chance that your case was influenced by decisions made by Sir James Munby, who has died aged 77. As a barrister, as a judge, and finally as President of the Family Division – the most senior family judge in the...
by reporting watch team | Jan 7, 2026 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
The evaluation of children and families’ experiences in the first stage of the Pathfinder Pilot was published this week by the Ministry of Justice, ‘Understanding the experience of children and families’. This research covers interviews during August – December 2024...
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