by reporting watch team | Sep 11, 2019 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Day 2 of the hearing (Tuesday) saw David Lock QC, counsel for the parents continue his submissions, and Katie Gollop QC commence hers on behalf of Barts NHS Health Trust. David Lock QC stated that medical decision-making is about more than just medical best interests....
by Julie D | Sep 8, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
UPDATE 16 September: We have now seen the appeal judgment itself and have edited and updated this post. Please scroll to the end of this post for the update. A story appeared in The Times [paywalled] this week: ‘Trainee lawyer unfairly convicted of contempt over...
by Lucy R | Sep 5, 2019 | Cases, FCReportingWatch
This week has seen the headline : Mum whose violent husband was jailed can’t get a divorce – because he says no, appear in the Daily Mirror. The same story is covered under the slightly less bold headline in the Metro : Abusive husband still controlling...
by reporting watch team | Sep 2, 2019 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust v X [2019] EWCOP 35 This is a guest post from Victoria Butler Cole QC (@TorButlerCole). Every year, there are a handful of applications to the Court of Protection to authorise delivery a baby by caesarean section against the...
by reporting watch team | Sep 2, 2019 | FCReportingWatch, Project, Transparency News
We are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Lexis Nexis ‘Family Law Commentator Of The Year’ award. The award is for ‘the commentator who the family law community consider to have provided the most useful commentary to help them...
by Julie D | Aug 30, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch
‘Change of residence’ in the context of a child arrangements order (a reform that was supposed to get rid of the ‘win-lose’ concept of residence and contact before 2014) is quite a cold, technical term to describe a child having to move from...
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