Does a man have a right to sex with his wife?

by reporting watch team | Apr 6, 2019 | Cases, Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

There has been a lot of coverage of remarks apparently made by Mr Justice Hayden this week about the ‘fundamental human right’ of a man to have sex with his wife. We think that the press coverage and twitter interest emanate from a Press Association (PA)...

Byline Times revisits an old chestnut

by reporting watch team | Apr 3, 2019 | FCReportingWatch

We were interested to see the launch of the Byline Times in March. Byline Times does not intend to report the daily news cycle. That’s for others. Our aim is to concentrate on ‘what the papers don’t say’. The heart of our paper will be investigations. We...

Family Court Reporting Watch Round Up

by reporting watch team | Mar 30, 2019 | FCReportingWatch

Correcting, clarifying or commenting on media reports of family court casesExplaining or commenting on published judgments of family court casesHighlighting other transparency news MEDIA (MIS)REPORTS OF FAMILY COURT CASES The Mail on Sunday – Reported a...

CS v SBH: a child’s competence to appoint her own lawyer

by Paul M | Mar 30, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

This case concerned the question whether, on an appeal, a child was entitled to choose and be represented by a solicitor of her own choice, instead of the solicitor already instructed by the court-appointed guardian. At the time of the appeal the child was almost 13...

How far should family law reflect modern family life? The case of cohabitation, equal civil partnerships and the common law marriage myth

by Guest Post | Mar 26, 2019 | FCReportingWatch, Resources

This is a Guest Post by Anne Barlow FAcSS; Professor of Family Law and Policy and Associate Dean for Research, College of Social Sciences & International Studies at the University of Exeter. This was originally posted in the ESRC Society Now magazine as a feature...

Event: Caring for Critically ill Children in the Glare of Digital Media

by reporting watch team | Mar 11, 2019 | FCReportingWatch, Uncategorized

Rights, Best Interests and Public Good in the Age of ‘Generation Tagged’ 1st May 20196th Winchester Conference on Trust, Risk, Information and the Law#TRILCon19 Emma Nottingham, a member of the Transparency Project and Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of...