by Lucy R | Jan 18, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Starting tomorrow, the Court of Appeal will consider four conjoined appeals where, it is said, the court’s approach to the handling of allegations of domestic abuse was wrong. There is significant interest in those appeals, and various journalists and reporters...
by reporting watch team | Jan 14, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post from Katie Gollop QC. Katie is a barrister at Serjeants’ Inn Chambers specialising in healthcare related law. She’s also a Deputy High Court Judge allocated to the Family Division and Court of Protection. Alert: this blog about Guy’s and St...
by Julie Doughty | Jan 10, 2021 | FCReportingWatch, Trends
As was noted in the ‘Harm report’ published in June last year and the Family Justice Council forum that was held on 14 December, there is mounting concern about the way family courts deal with allegations of domestic abuse that arise in some contact disputes. Starting...
by reporting watch team | Jan 3, 2021 | Events, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Transparency News
Transparency enthusiasts may be interested in this exciting series of free webinars running in January to March, investigating openness and press reporting of our courts and tribunals. The webinars have been organised by Transparency Project journalist Louise Tickle...
by Lucy R | Dec 23, 2020 | FCReportingWatch
It’s been a strange old, tough old year. I wanted to take a moment to look back at some of the work done by Transparency Project volunteers and guest writers over the year and to extend thanks to them for their contribution to our team and our work. We’ve...
by Alice T | Dec 17, 2020 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Monday night’s FJC (online) event was billed as exploring the report and recommendations of the expert panel on Assessing Risk of Harm to Children and Parents in Private Law Children Cases [June 2020]. The (short) ‘final’ report of the working group charged...
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