Re W : a most difficult and concerning case of its type

by reporting watch team | Apr 12, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

Re W is a very long judgment. Re W (A Child) [2017] EWHC 829 (Fam) (06 March 2017) This post is but an outline of it and does not cover the details in full. It is heartbreaking to read, and will have been heartbreaking for W’s parents to hear when delivered last...

‘Gross and obvious irregularity’ by a family court judge – LL v the Lord Chancellor

by Julie Doughty | Apr 12, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

An unusual case from the Court of Appeal was published on BAILII this week, LL v the Lord Chancellor [2017 EWCA Civ 237, in which a High Court judge was criticised for ‘gross and obvious irregularity’ in dealing with a father in a family hearing and, as a...

Family Court Reporting Watch: Weekly Round Up

by reporting watch team | Apr 11, 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 REPORTS OF FAMILY COURTS CASES / FAMILY JUSTICE ISSUES...

Samantha Baldwin – another side to a very sad story

by reporting watch team | Apr 10, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

We wrote about this case whilst Samantha Baldwin and her boys were still missing. Here : Police hunt for mother who has abducted her own children – what on earth is going on? At the time, we were hampered by a lack of information and restrictions on reporting some of...

Family Court Reporting Watch: Weekly Round Up

by reporting watch team | Apr 3, 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 REPORTS OF FAMILY COURTS CASES / FAMILY JUSTICE ISSUES  ...

Police hunt for mother who has abducted her own children – what on earth is going on?

by reporting watch team | Apr 3, 2017 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

[Update 6 April 2017: The BBC report that Samantha Baldwin and the children have been found safely. There is no further information available at present and we now expect things to go quiet in terms of information coming from the police / Family Court, at least for a...