by Guest Post | Jan 23, 2020 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
This is a guest post by Alexandra Wilson, barrister at 5 St Andrews Hill Chambers. Warning: Please note that quotations from this judgment contain some descriptions of sexual assault and rape. This case, JH v MF [2020] EWHC 86 (Fam) was an appeal from the Central...
by reporting watch team | Jan 19, 2020 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
This is a first post by Alexandra Wilson. Alexandra is a barrister specialising in Family and Criminal law at 5 St Andrew’s Hill. She tweets as @EssexBarrister. A recent podcast on BBC sounds by ‘File on 4’ focused on separated siblings in the care system. One...
by Guest Post | Jan 17, 2020 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
This is a first post by Jack Harrison. Jack is a practising barrister at 18 St. John Street in Manchester and specialises in child law. He tweets as @JackHarrison. Broadcasters have tremendous power when it comes to influencing public perceptions of the justice...
by reporting watch team | Jan 17, 2020 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
This week has seen news that the Crown Court is to begin to live stream sentencing remarks. Hot on the heels of that announcement came reports that the Court of Appeal will soon begin to live stream appeals in some family cases. There has been quite a lot of coverage...
by Lucy R | Jan 15, 2020 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
In D (Fact-finding appeal) [2019] EWCA Civ 2302 (20 December 2019) Lord Justice Baker gives the lead judgment concerning an appeal from His Honour Judge Baker. The upshot is that, the question of the child’s injuries having been the subject of two attempts at...
by reporting watch team | Jan 10, 2020 | FCReportingWatch
Monday 13th- Friday 17th January 2.15pm This is a guest blog post from Clara Glynn. Clara is a Scottish based writer and television director with Hopscotch Films. I write Behind Closed Doors, which is now in its fourth series. My background...
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