by reporting watch team | Sep 19, 2025 | FCReportingWatch
This post was amended on 25 September to add a new link on the Judiciary website. We recently received an enquiry from someone who wanted a court judgment in their case to be published and who didn’t know how to go about this. [EDITED 22.09.25 to clarify this...
by reporting watch team | Sep 7, 2025 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
We spotted this dramatic court judgment published last week although, surprisingly, we’ve not seen any media coverage – Re M (Nationality Based Jurisdiction) [2025] EWHC 1821 (Fam). There are a few similarities with the widely publicised case in July of the 14 year...
by Julie Doughty | Sep 1, 2025 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
7 November 2025: CORRECTION AND APOLOGY: We have now learnt that the email address we had been using for the local authority lawyer in this case was not an active inbox and she had not received the emails we’d been sending. We apologise for this...
by Julie Doughty | Aug 18, 2025 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
A local authority (LA) applied for care orders for six children in March 2025. At the case management hearing (CMH) I attended in April, and wrote on here: ‘Completing care proceedings in less that 26 weeks’, a strict timetable was set out by the judge to ensure...
by reporting watch team | Aug 14, 2025 | Cases, Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch, Open Reporting
This post by Celia Kitzinger on the Open Justice Court of Protection Project site, ‘Sentencing in contempt proceedings’, is actually a Family Court case. Celia explains why the hearing caught her eye in the lists, how she observed it, and why she has...
by reporting watch team | Aug 4, 2025 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Welcome to the Roundup, where we correct, clarify and comment on media reports of family law, explain and comment on published family court judgments, and highlight other transparency news. MEDIA COVERAGE OF FAMILY LAW, TRANSPARENCY etc The BBC reported that...
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