by reporting watch team | Feb 25, 2018 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Proportionality and no order for costs in discharge order proceedings – Discharge order appeal The recent care case of M (A Child) [2018] EWCA Civ 240 (judgment: 20 February 2018) has achieved some notoriety because the mother, who won her appeal, still had to...
by reporting watch team | Feb 15, 2018 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
Earlier this month the NSPCC put out a call on twitter for professionals to respond to a survey they are running as part of the evidence gathering phase of ‘a project to support professionals to take the appropriate action when they have concerns about the...
by Sarah P | Feb 12, 2018 | Comment
Family Law publishes a regular column by The Transparency Project. This blog post originally appeared in the December 2017 issue [2017] Fam Law 1396. October 2017 saw a variety of interesting cases, commentary and conferences discussing children’s voices in the...
by reporting watch team | Feb 5, 2018 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Correcting, clarifying or commenting on media reports of family court cases Explaining or commenting on published judgments of family court cases Highlighting other transparency news MEDIA (MIS)REPORTS OF FAMILY COURT CASES ITV This Morning and Daily Mail –...
by Paul M | Feb 3, 2018 | Comment
Should a disability prevent someone being a good parent? Is vulnerability the same as disability? What does the family justice system do to protect the rights of the disabled person to be a parent and of the child to be adequately parented? How can a vulnerable parent...
by David Burrows | Feb 1, 2018 | Comment
Clarity: legal aid law and access to rights The legal aid scheme has a central irony. Lord Bingham’s first rule of his Rule of Law was that ‘The law must be accessible and so far as possible intelligible, clear and predictable’ (The Rule of Law Tom Bingham, 2010 at...
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