The transparency of family court appeals: the new Practice Direction 30B

by David Burrows | Nov 22, 2019 | Comment, Legal blogging, Transparency News

In family proceedings, some appeals go to the Court of Appeal, some (mostly) to a High Court judge in the Family Division of the High Court or the Family Court. Routinely Court of Appeal appeals are heard in open court and the parties, other than children, are named...

The Public and the ‘Future Court’

by Alice T | Nov 8, 2019 | Comment, Consultations, Events, Transparency News

This is a joint post by Alice Twaite and Judith Townend A Future Court and Tribunal Service Built for Users was the title of Tuesday’s HMCTS annual public event to inform court users and their representatives about progress of the court modernisation programme, 12...

IPSO continues to fail most Leveson recommendations, finds Media Standards Trust

by Paul M | Nov 7, 2019 | Comment

The Media Standards Trust has issued a highly critical follow-up report on its earlier assessment of the extent to which Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) system of press regulation satisfies the requirements of the Leveson Inquiry Report 2012. The new...

Accuracy enthusiasts ban dodgy headlines – journalist blasts sub-editors for lie that made it around the world before the truth had got its boots on

by Louise Tickle | Oct 28, 2019 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch

Last Wednesday, the Mail and the Sun published an article about a father who had just withdrawn from eight years of family court litigation. This man had been trying to re-establish his relationship with his children. His ex, the judge explained in a published...

New writers join the project team

by reporting watch team | Oct 23, 2019 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Project

This blog post originally appeared as our monthly column in the September 2019 issue of Family Law at [2019] Fam Law 1074(1). New writers join the project team In this month’s column, we feature some contributions by writers who have recently become involved in...

A new case on the ‘shaken baby’ problem

by Julie Doughty | Oct 20, 2019 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

TP and TS [2019] EWHC B51 concerns baby twins who had been born prematurely at 31 weeks and who subsequently experienced serious physical trauma that may have been attributable to their parents. The good news is that the court has arrived at a conclusion that the...