by Alice T | Dec 10, 2020 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
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 Linktastic The...
by Lucy R | Dec 9, 2020 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Last month I observed a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court under the Legal Blogging pilot. In some respects it was unusual – but it also featured some elements that were very familiar to me as a family barrister. This is my report of what I saw. TLDR :...
by reporting watch team | Dec 9, 2020 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Last week, the High Court handed down the judgment in the highly publicised case of Bell v Tavistock (R (Quincy Bell) and A v Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, and others [2020] EWHC 3274). In this blog post, compiled by several members of the TP team, we...
by Guest Post | Dec 6, 2020 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post by Mark Senior. Mark was a Solicitor specialising in family law for 9 years before moving to the Bar in 2002. He is based in Liverpool at St Johns Buildings Chambers. He tweets as @grumpyoldbrief. At the end of October a friend and colleague...
by reporting watch team | Nov 25, 2020 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Transparency News
Last week saw the publication of the latest ‘View from the President’s Chambers’ (a label adopted by the current President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, but coined by his predecessor Sir James Munby to describe his regular...
by Julie Doughty | Nov 22, 2020 | Cases, FCReportingWatch
Can an English family court order the unlawful detention of a Welsh child? This is a surprising question currently before the Supreme Court in a case called Re T. The order I’m referring to was one made in the High Court of England and Wales so my question is...
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