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Court of Appeal to decide on ‘necessity’ for intermediaries

Court of Appeal to decide on ‘necessity’ for intermediaries

by Julie Doughty | Mar 23, 2025 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging

We wrote last year about a hearing I attended in Cardiff Family Court about the necessity for an intermediary to assist a father in a fact-finding hearing. We were therefore interested to see recently listed an appeal against a decision made by a judge in a different...
New court rules allow more reporting from family courts

New court rules allow more reporting from family courts

by reporting watch team | Jan 30, 2025 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Reporting Pilot, Resources, Transparency News

What was introduced as the Reporting ‘Pilot’ in 2023 is now a permanent change in family courts, to allow more reporting by journalists and legal bloggers. Within a few months, reporting will be easier in almost all family court cases. The changes are...
Injuries to a baby: Part 2 – the court’s decisions

Injuries to a baby: Part 2 – the court’s decisions

by Julie Doughty | Jan 29, 2025 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Reporting Pilot

This post follows on from the first part of my report on care proceedings in Cardiff Family Court published here. I was uncertain as to exactly what the judge would decide about who had caused Claire’s injuries. There were no Perry Mason moments of discovery and...
Injuries to a baby: Part 2 – the court’s decisions

Injuries to a baby: Part 1 – a mystery to be solved by the family court

by Julie Doughty | Jan 29, 2025 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Reporting Pilot

One evening in autumn 2023, a young couple took their five month old baby to an emergency hospital where she was diagnosed with numerous physical injuries (some very serious) which the parents couldn’t explain. Local authority children’s services were called in and...
Sharif judges anonymity: the appeal coverage

Sharif judges anonymity: the appeal coverage

by Julie Doughty | Jan 19, 2025 | Analysis, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging

On 14 and 15 January the Court of Appeal heard an appeal by journalists Louise Tickle, Hannah Summers and several media organisations against an order made by Mr Justice Williams to keep the identities of Family Court judges anonymous. These judges had made historical...
Court of Appeal to consider the idea of the anonymous judge

Court of Appeal to consider the idea of the anonymous judge

by reporting watch team | Jan 2, 2025 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Notorious, Transparency News

In December, following the conviction of Sara Sharif’s father and step-mother for her murder, and her uncle for offences associated with her death, the Family Division of the HIgh Court permitted disclosure of documents and information from three family court...
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