by reporting watch team | Jan 25, 2024 | FCReportingWatch, Guidance Note, Legal blogging, Resources, Transparency News
This time last year we produced a guidance note for judges and lawyers to help them navigate the relatively unfamiliar scenario of a reporter rocking up at court. That guidance note was endorsed by the Financial Remedies Court subgroup of the Transparency...
by reporting watch team | Jan 22, 2023 | FCReportingWatch, Guidance Note, Legal blogging, Reporting Pilot
As the Transparency Reporting Pilot is about to launch, we thought it would be helpful if we gathered together some helpful tips for those who may be about to encounter journalists and legal bloggers in their courtrooms for the first time. Tip number one : Don’t...
by reporting watch team | Jan 27, 2022 | Guidance Note, Transparency News
This document explains section 20 of the Children Act 1989 and the equivalent piece of law in Wales (s76 Social Services & Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014), sometimes called ‘voluntary care’ or ‘voluntary accommodation’. Version 4 of this...
by reporting watch team | Jun 7, 2020 | Guidance Note, Resources
This short guide explains what remote court hearings are and how they will work. It answers some common queries that users may have. We hope that it will be useful for parents involved in family court cases about their children – or for anyone else involved in...
by reporting watch team | Jan 22, 2019 | Guidance Note
We have produced a guidance note about the myth of common law marriage and the rights of people who live together as a couple, but who aren’t married or in civil partnerships. You can view or download the guidance note here. This is v2 (March 2019).
by reporting watch team | Dec 19, 2018 | Guidance Note
We have produced a guidance note to explain how family courts deal with cases where there are allegations of domestic abuse. You can view or download the guidance note here. This is v2 (December 2018) which is very slightly modified since v1 in November 2018....
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