by Barbara Rich | Sep 19, 2020 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This post, by one of our regular writers Barbara Rich, originally appeared on Medium and is reproduced with kind permission. Introduction On Tuesday 15 September 2020, the Court of Appeal gave judgment in R (Delve and Glynn) v. The Secretary of State for...
by Alice T | Sep 15, 2020 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, 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 BBC Radio 4 PM and...
by Lucy R | Sep 13, 2020 | FCReportingWatch
When social services are involved with children their parents or extended family are often asked to sign up to a document which is often called a “written agreement“, a “contract of expectations”, a “working agreement” or a “partnership agreement”. Parents are not...
by Lucy R | Aug 30, 2020 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
On Friday I took the opportunity to try my hand at a spot more legal blogging. It was the last ‘working’ day before the end of my staycation, and I was somewhat ambivalent about using it up on this busman’s holiday – but in the end decided I was getting rusty, and I’d...
by Lucy R | Aug 19, 2020 | Comment, Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Trends
As the summer has worn on, clouds have been gathering. In exchanges with other Transparency Project team members, I’ve been threatening to write a rather sullen blog post about transparency for a few weeks, and have finally been gathering my thoughts on the bow of our...
by Guest Post | Aug 13, 2020 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
Melanie Newman is a freelance journalist. Previously a reporter at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, she has also worked for BBC Newsnight and the Victoria Derbyshire Programme. She writes for the British Medical Journal and is a regular contributor to the Law...
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