An eventful Spring

by reporting watch team | Aug 23, 2019 | Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

This blog post originally appeared as an article in the July issue of Family Law [2019] Fam Law 825. It can be difficult writing a monthly column for a print publication when things are moving apace in the real world  will it still hold currency when the edition...

Children Cases in the Family Court – Interim Proposals for Reform (Private Law)

by reporting watch team | Jul 3, 2019 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Trends

Following on from our post summarising the key recommendations from Mr Justice Keehan’s Public Law Working Group which can be found here, we now turn our attention to the issue of private law. The Child Arrangements Programme (the ‘CAP’) was introduced as a...

Children Cases in the Family Court – Interim Proposals for Reform (Public Law)

by reporting watch team | Jul 3, 2019 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Trends

Today, the President of the Family Court Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, published interim reports from his Public and Private Law Working Groups. The President opened with a short statement on his concerns around both the rising volume of care cases before the...

Spotlight on the family courts: But is it enough? The Victoria Derbyshire Show view

by reporting watch team | May 24, 2019 | Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch

For anyone who missed Tuesday’s third episode in the BBC Victoria Derbyshire show’s investigation into how the family courts treat victims of domestic abuse, it’s available at catch up here (5:39 to 23:18). The more nuanced, collaborative, and solutions focused...

‘Spotlight’ on Family Courts announced – but is it enough?

by reporting watch team | May 21, 2019 | Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

Today The Times published a comment piece by our Chair Lucy Reed articulating the need for an inquiry into Family Courts and their handling of domestic abuse in particular : We must shed light on family court crisis. This followed Lucy’s appearance on the BBC...

Courts: fit for the future – but not for the present?

by Paul M | May 18, 2019 | Comment, Consultations, Trends

More than a year has passed since the Transparency Project submitted its response (among many others) to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation on the future strategy of court and tribunal estate reform. Now at last the MOJ has issued its own response. You can read...