by Guest Post | Jun 28, 2020 | Court of Protection
This post was written by Alex Troup, barrister and mediator at St John’s Chambers, and was first published on the Court of Protection Handbook blog, and is reproduced with kind permission. [Even though COVID-19 may be making everyone rethink how conventional...
by Guest Post | Jun 7, 2020 | Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post by Celia Kitzinger, co-director of the Coma and Disorders of Consciousness Research Centre and Honorary Professor, Cardiff University School of Law and Politics. She tweets as @KitzingerCelia and can be contacted at:...
by Alice T | May 16, 2020 | Analysis, Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Welcome to this month’s Roundup, where we correct, clarify and comment on media reports of family court cases, explain and comment on published family court judgments and highlight other transparency news MEDIA COVERAGE OF FAMILY COURT MATTERS The Times and the...
by Guest Post | May 4, 2020 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Trends
This is a guest post by Celia Kitzinger, co-director of the Coma and Disorders of Consciousness Research Centre and Honorary Professor, Cardiff University School of Law and Politics. She tweets as @KitzingerCelia During the current public health emergency,...
by Julie D | Apr 25, 2020 | Cases, Comment, Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch
A judgment published this week on BAILII, Re Z, also, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v Z (by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) [2020] EWCOP 20 , is notable on two counts. First, that the case is described by the judge, Knowles J, as...
by Malvika Jaganmohan | Mar 29, 2020 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
In the last two weeks, the family justice system has been plunged into the deep end. Family lawyers, judges and court staff have been grappling with varied forms of technology to transition cases online as quickly as possible during the coronavirus crisis. Inevitably,...
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