by reporting watch team | Sep 24, 2017 | Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Children at risk of psychogical or physical abuse must not have contact with parent, judges told (sic) This was the headline in The Times that arose from the publication by the President of the Family Division of a revised Practice Direction 12J (PD12J). PD12J is the...
by reporting watch team | Sep 17, 2017 | FCReportingWatch, Uncategorized
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 John Hemming’s web log...
by Lucy R | Sep 16, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
As long ago as April a number of lawyers began asking questions to clarify public criticisms made by John Hemming about a case dealt with in the family court. This week John Hemming has published a blog post which appears to be an(other) attempt to answer some of our...
by reporting watch team | Sep 16, 2017 | FCReportingWatch
We’ve noticed that in a recent post the Researching Reform blog has highlighted the fact that it is possible for a parent to make an application for an Emergency Protection Order (EPO), an emergency order that is usually only made by social services to remove a...
by Polly Morgan | Sep 12, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
There have been a few articles in the newspapers about the latest judgment in Hart v Hart, a long-running case about the financial outcome of Mr and Mrs Hart’s divorce proceedings. Elsewhere on the Transparency Project, Mena Ruparel has criticised the inaccuracy of...
by reporting watch team | Sep 11, 2017 | FCReportingWatch
Lara Prendergast wrote a piece in The Spectator last week that ran under this headline : The sinister power of Britain’s family courts – Even if decisions are obviously cruel and unjust, the public is often not allowed to know. It’s kicked off quite a...
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