by Lucy R | Sep 12, 2018 | FCReportingWatch
Family Law publishes a regular column by The Transparency Project. This blog post originally appeared in the August 2018 issue, [2018] Fam Law 1062. As we noted in our June column, ‘Press reporting on family courts’ [2018] Fam Law 750, there seems...
by Sarah P | Sep 11, 2018 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
On September 6th 2018 The Sun published an article ‘They Stole my Baby’ – Mum’s heartbreaking tale of how secret courts took her baby away forever – as we reveal children are being ripped from parents in record numbers. What follows is the usual...
by reporting watch team | Sep 10, 2018 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Last autumn we covered the so-called ‘muslim foster carer’ case, over a number of blog posts (you can find those posts here). This week, just as we’d given up hope of ever finding out what happened to the little girl at the heart of the case, the...
by Paul M | Sep 9, 2018 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Trends
A long awaited reform of the divorce laws in England and Wales now seems close to becoming a reality, after Buzzfeed News revealed on 7 September that “justice secretary David Gauke is set to announce a consultation on no-fault divorce in which he will call for...
by reporting watch team | Aug 22, 2018 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
We are very excited. After months of liaison with the Family Procedure Rules Committee our proposal to permit legal bloggers into family court hearings is going to be piloted. The pilot will launch on 1 October and run for 9 months until 30 June 2019, so it’s no...
by Barbara Rich | Aug 21, 2018 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Burki v. Seventy Thirty Ltd, Seventy Thirty Ltd v. Burki [2018] EWHC 2151 (QB) A recent High Court judgment offers a vivid glimpse into the real-life world of “Wry Society”, a regular feature in the Financial Times How to Spend Itmagazine, which holds a mirror up to...
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