by Julie Doughty | Mar 13, 2024 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch
We’ve noticed a number of recent family court judgments where Mrs Justice Lieven in the High Court is seriously attempting to tackle some of the causes of delays in family court cases and also addressing problems created by the scarcity of publicly funded resources....
by Paul M | Mar 3, 2024 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Returning to East London Family Court after my first experience of legal blogging under the Reporting Pilot (recently extended to this court), I was able to see another judge at work and to witness yet another happy resolution to what had evidently been a long and...
by Paul M | Feb 18, 2024 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
The transparency Reporting Pilot, launched a year ago in just three courts, has recently been expanded to a further 16 courts, one of which is East London Family Court. As that court is within easy reach by public transport, I decided to investigate its potential for...
by reporting watch team | Feb 11, 2024 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, FOI
We have now had a reply from the Ministry of Justice to our second annual request under the Freedom of Information Act about the ‘urgent’ (2020) review of the presumption of parental involvement. Details are explained in this post. In short, we have been trying to...
by Polly Morgan | Feb 6, 2024 | Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Between August 2022 and June 2023, I observed, online, a number of hearings in a single case heard by His Honour Judge Shelton who is a judge in the family court in Leeds. The case was about the amount of money that the father/ex husband (James) should pay towards his...
by reporting watch team | Feb 4, 2024 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Reporting Pilot, Resources, Transparency News
On Monday 29 Jan the (children) Reporting Pilot expanded to a whole host of new courts across England and Wales, and a new Financial Remedy Reporting Pilot began. Overall this will vastly increase the potential for reporters to observe and write about the work of the...
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