by Alice T | Jan 22, 2022 | FCReportingWatch
Welcome to this month’s Roundup, where we correct, clarify and comment on media reports of family court cases, explain and comment on published family court judgments and highlight other transparency news MEDIA COVERAGE OF FAMILY COURT MATTERS The Independent,...
by Jack Harrison | Jan 21, 2022 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch
At every level, judges of the family court have to resolve sometimes unimaginable situations – acts in the “never ending carnival of human misery.” The intensity of such cases is nearly always increased where the children involved are very unwell,...
by Guest Post | Jan 20, 2022 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News, Trends
Behind Closed Doors: Why we break up families – and how to mend them, is due for publication by Virago on February 3. Here the Author, Polly Curtis, answers our questions. What’s your book, Behind Closed Doors, about? It’s about how the decision is made to...
by Paul M | Jan 4, 2022 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Last month HM Courts and Tribunals Service published their own research into user experiences of remote hearings: Evaluation of remote hearings during the COVID 19 pandemic. The report analyses responses to surveys conducted between May and October 2020 with public...
by Lucy R | Jan 2, 2022 | Cases, FCReportingWatch
We saw this headline in The Times just after Christmas. What on earth is it all about? We’ve read and re-read it and to be frank, we’re still not completely sure. The ‘oligarch divorce’ in question is that of Farkhad Akhmedov and his ex wife...
by reporting watch team | Dec 31, 2021 | Comment, Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch, Resources
UPDATE 25.03.24: We’ve now seen that there’s a revised 2023 version here. We’ve just noticed that a revised version of this lengthy document (566 pages!) has been issued online, so we looked for any references to transparency. What we found is brief...
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