by Sophie Smith Holland | Aug 17, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
This is a post from Sophie Smith-Holland, who tweets as @SSmithHolland. With thanks also to Alice Twaite. The question of how the family court deals with domestic abuse has had a huge amount of public and media attention recently. Concerns have been raised...
by Julie Doughty | Aug 13, 2019 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Three years ago, I wrote a blog post, ‘Can an adoption order be undone?’ The answer was, only in very exceptional circumstances. A new High Court judgment, published last week, ZH v HS & others [2019] EWHC 2190, has not broken any new ground, but gives...
by reporting watch team | Aug 11, 2019 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Resources
Now that the legal blogging pilot has been extended in duration we thought it would be helpful to produce a short information leaflet that can be provided to people whose cases a legal blogger wants to observe. We hope that the information will give both litigants and...
by Lucy R | Aug 10, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
[NB This post was updated on 20 August following response from Childrens’ Commissioner’s office – updates marked in square brackets] Last week, the Telegraph ran a piece from their social affairs correspondent Gabriella Swerling under this alarming...
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by Malvika Jaganmohan | Aug 9, 2019 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is a post from Malvika Jaganmohan, who tweets as @MalvikaJaganmo1. I have already written for this blog on the shortage of expert witnesses in the family courts: my case summary of West Sussex County Council v B looks at the potential for miscarriages...
by Sophie Smith Holland | Aug 6, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
This is a post from Sophie Smith-Holland, who tweets as @SSmithHolland. With thanks to Alice Twaite. The question of how the Family Court deals with domestic abuse has had a huge amount of public and media attention recently. Concerns have been raised that the...
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