by Kelly Reeve | Jul 2, 2019 | Analysis, Comment, FCReportingWatch
This is a first post from Kelly Reeve, new contributor, who tweets as @s37CA89research. Kelly recently completed a socio-legal research study on the use of section 37 Children Act 1989 at UEA. She was formerly a legal adviser at Coram Children’s Legal...
by reporting watch team | Jun 30, 2019 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Transparency News
In May, the President of the Family Division published draft guidance to help those dealing with applications by reporters to relax reporting restrictions. The President published that draft guidance for consultation purposes and we’ve now submitted our...
by Guest Post | Jun 29, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post by Charlotte John. “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep.” Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Last year saw an abundant crop of “proprietary estoppel” disputes between...
by Annie Surviving Safeguarding | Jun 26, 2019 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
[COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED] This is a post by “Annie”, one half of our Project Coordination team at the Transparency Project. Annie is a birth mum who has experienced several sets of public and private law proceedings including a new-born removal, and that...
by Malvika Jaganmohan | Jun 26, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
This is a first post from Malvika Jaganmohan, one of our new contributors. Malvika tweets as @MalvikaJaganmo1 Any family lawyer will tell you that finding a competent independent expert who can report in a timely manner is the Holy Grail of the family justice...
by Lucy R | Jun 24, 2019 | FCReportingWatch
The press love a story about out of touch judges – think ‘Who are The Beatles?’. And so with this headline in the Mail Online : ‘Technophobe’ judges delay £1.2bn justice system reforms as plan to use new software in family court hearings...
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