by Lucy R | Jul 6, 2019 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
We know that the issue of family courts dealing with domestic abuse is contentious. In fact, it’s almost impossible to talk about it without being criticised by someone or other. We knew this when we produced our guidance note for families, and we knew it when we made...
by Guest Post | Jul 3, 2019 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post from Dr Charlotte Proudman. Charlotte is a family law barrister at Goldsmith Chambers specialising in violence against women and girls. She tweets as @DrProudman. On 21 June 2019, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) announcedthe identity of the...
by reporting watch team | Jul 3, 2019 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Trends
Following on from our post summarising the key recommendations from Mr Justice Keehan’s Public Law Working Group which can be found here, we now turn our attention to the issue of private law. The Child Arrangements Programme (the ‘CAP’) was introduced as a...
by reporting watch team | Jul 3, 2019 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Trends
Today, the President of the Family Court Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, published interim reports from his Public and Private Law Working Groups. The President opened with a short statement on his concerns around both the rising volume of care cases before the...
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In May, the President of the Family Division published draft guidance to help those dealing with applications by reporters to relax reporting restrictions. The President published that draft guidance for consultation purposes and we’ve now submitted our...
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