An unreasonable petition?

by reporting watch team | Feb 16, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

There are reports of an unusual case heard in the Court of Appeal recently: a wife appeals against a judge’s refusal to grant her a divorce from her husband because she can’t stand his behaviour any more and says the relationship has broken down...

Enforcement of Family Financial Orders: Iqbal is the perfect example of why reform is needed.

by reporting watch team | Feb 15, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

This is a post by Zoe Saunders, barrister at St John’s Chambers about the case of Iqbal v Iqbal [2017] EWCA Civ 19 (25 January 2017).   Enforcement of family law orders in financial cases is not a straightforward process. There are relatively few family...

Correction request re inaccurate headlines : Mother who let her two boys sleep in her bed has them taken away by judge

by Lucy R | Feb 15, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

We recently flagged inaccuracy in the reporting of a care case by the Telegraph, where children were permanently removed from the care of their family, apparently because of the mother’s insistence on co-sleeping. The case wasn’t really about co-sleeping...

Open Response from the Professional Standards Authority (PSA)

by reporting watch team | Feb 14, 2017 | FCReportingWatch

Below is the text of an email response received today from the PSA, to our Open Letter of 10th February 2017. We have underlined the key paragraphs of the PSA response for easy reference. The history of why we wrote to the PSA in the first place is here. You will see...

Brewster : “Shifting (or not) the Supreme Court’s view on marriage”

by Barbara Rich | Feb 14, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

The judgment : In the Matter of an Application by Denise Brewster for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2017] UKSC 8    The history It’s impossible not to feel sympathy for Denise Brewster’s shattering transition from celebrating her engagement to mourning her...

Family Court Reporting Watch: Weekly Round Up

by reporting watch team | Feb 12, 2017 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

  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...