by reporting watch team | Nov 11, 2017 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
We’ve recently covered a case where a grandmother was permitted by a family court judge to tell of her experience in trying to secure the care of her baby granddaughter from Gloucestershire Council. After conceding that the grandmother ought to be able to tell...
by Louise Tickle | Nov 10, 2017 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
Louise Tickle (award winning journalist and Transparency Project member) on applying to report the grandmother’s experience from ABC (A child) Re [2017] B75 (30 October 2017) and to name the council concerned. (Her original news piece commissioned by the...
by Polly Morgan | Nov 2, 2017 | Explanation, FCReportingWatch
The Daily Mail have reported on a pilot project in which people start divorce proceedings by completing an online form. The project, which is running in Nottingham, has apparently had really positive results. The current method for starting a divorce is to post the...
by reporting watch team | Oct 29, 2017 | FCReportingWatch
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 The Express – On Monday the Express...
by reporting watch team | Oct 28, 2017 | FCReportingWatch
The Transparency Project will be hosting a debate on 5 December in Bristol at 6pm at The Station, to mark the publication of our Guidance Note for families and professionals : Publication of Family Court Judgments. The debate will be chaired by His Honour Judge...
by reporting watch team | Oct 24, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
The Court of Appeal delivered judgment in Re B (A Child) [2017] EWCA Civ 1579 last week. In it they consider (but do not resolve) the question of how the Family Court should deal with evidence obtained by covert recording. Whilst it took the Court of Appeal almost a...
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