by Lucy R | Jan 16, 2019 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Yesterday I had a commitment in London and was determined to do a bit of legal blogging whilst in town. I had skim-read the lists for the Family Division and Court of Appeal at the Royal Court of Justice before getting on the train, and planned to make my way there to...
by Julie Doughty | Jan 14, 2019 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Earlier this month, I had my first opportunity to attend the Family Court under the legal blogging pilot, Practice Direction 36J. I’d had some correspondence with the judges in the court nearest to me, Cardiff (which hears cases from numerous local authority areas in...
by reporting watch team | Jan 13, 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 Daily Mail and others – We commented...
by reporting watch team | Jan 13, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch
Thanks to Emily Ward for alerting us to this gem of a headline from Sky News : Man loses court fight over wife’s ‘flirtatious’ kisses on text messages.A family court judge has said a woman’s kisses on texts to her former husband are not proof...
by reporting watch team | Jan 6, 2019 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Shortly before Christmas reports began to emerge of a young mother who had disappeared with her little boy, and of the High Court Judge who gave permission for the family to be publicly named and photos shown in order to help locate them. At the time we weren’t...
by reporting watch team | Jan 6, 2019 | FCReportingWatch
We dedicate this issue to District Judge Nicholas Crichton (CBE), FDAC and transparency pioneer, who sadly died on 17th December 2019. (See this JustGiving page set up by his family and his obituary in the Times) Correcting, clarifying or commenting on media reports...
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