I watched Eastenders and analysed Scarlett’s family court drama so you don’t have to

by Malvika Jaganmohan | Oct 7, 2021 | Analysis, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

I confess, since Channel 5 cancelled Family Affairs, my commitment to British soaps has been sporadic at best. But once I heard that a juicy (and factually dubious) family court dispute was playing out on Eastenders involving glamorous villain, Janine Butcher, I...

Punished for telling the truth? Parental alienation and domestic abuse

by reporting watch team | Oct 4, 2021 | FCReportingWatch

Earlier this week we published a number of tweets on the topic of Parental Alienation. Firstly, there was a rash of published judgments on the topic (in which alienation was established), to which we tweeted links (see here and here). And secondly, we tweeted a link...

Why can’t we read Prince Philip’s Will?

by Paul M | Sep 26, 2021 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

The Royal Family in modern times live very public lives. Core members seem to have been bred in captivity, like exotic fish in an open aquarium, some of whose waters are murkier than others, but almost all of which will sooner or later be publicly visible. But not...

Non-resident parents and lack of engagement from the Child Maintenance Service and the Secretary of State

by Guest Post | Sep 23, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

This is a guest post by Kathryn Cassells. Kathryn is an associate solicitor at Vaitilingam Kay, specialising in family law including divorce, finances and private children law. Kathryn tweets as @MasonCassells Y v The Secretary of State for the Department of Work and...

Bell v Tavistock Court of Appeal Judgment: An Explainer

by Emma Nottingham | Sep 19, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

On 17 September 2021 the Court of Appeal handed down the awaited judgment in the case of Bell v Tavistock. The full written case report can be found here. We reported on the Divisional court’s decision at the end of last year, and on the Court of Appeal hearing which...

Stumbling across a paradigm case – part 4 (a personal view)

by Lucy R | Sep 12, 2021 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging

PART 4 COMMENT This is the fourth and final part of a four part blog series. Part 1 is here, and links to parts 2 and 3. Reminder : To ensure that the child and family are not identified I am not allowed to reveal whether the child is a boy or a girl, but to make the...