The end of an unhappy marriage – annulment and non-consummation

by reporting watch team | Mar 5, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

This is a guest post by Kathryn Cassells. Kathryn is an associate solicitor at Vaitilingam Kay. She tweets as @MasonCassells THIS POST WAS UPDATED ON 2 JUNE 2023 AS MARKED. An explanation of the updates is at the foot of the post. On 16 February 2021, the press...

Deaf parents in care proceedings: Good practice in and out of court

by Abigail Bond | Mar 5, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

This is a post by regular contributor, Abigail Bond. Abigail is a barrister at St John’s Chambers, Bristol who specialises in Children Law (mainly care proceedings), and Court of Protection health and welfare matters. She tweets as @AbigailBond1.  Re A &...

M (A Child): Live streaming from the Court of Appeal on Thursday 4th March – Should a journalist be able to see the court documents behind a flawed decision that a child needed adoption?

by Alice T | Mar 3, 2021 | FCReportingWatch

This is a short blog to introduce the people and issues, and explain the lead up, ahead of the live-streamed appeal in M (A Child) tomorrow. It aims to give non lawyers a bit of orientation and some links when tuning in to the court of appeal proceedings.  The listing...

Transparency Review : Oral Evidence Sessions Underway

by reporting watch team | Feb 28, 2021 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

As reported last month, oral evidence sessions are now underway as part of the President of the Family Division’s Transparency Review. See our earlier post here : Family Court Transparency Review – An Update Transparency Project Chair Lucy Reed will be...

Proposal to the Law Commission for Transparency Reform

by reporting watch team | Feb 28, 2021 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

This is the text of a proposal submitted to the Law Commission in February 2021, by The Right Honourable Sir James Munby (President of the Family Division of the High Court from 2013-2018), His Honour Clifford Bellamy (Retired Family Circuit Judge, Patron of The...

Rules are made to be broken…into chunks

by reporting watch team | Feb 18, 2021 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

This month the powers that be have decided to move the Family Procedure Rules (FPRs) from their longstanding home at justice.gov.uk to the giant gov.uk website. Whilst the justice pages were not perfect they were easy enough to locate from the justice home page and...