Censorship by Meta? update on Pringle v Nervo

by reporting watch team | May 17, 2026 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious, Open Reporting

The Good Law Project reported last month that Meta (the company that owns Instagram and Facebook) removed a post about their campaign supporting Liv Nervo – Liv Nervo told her story – but Meta took it down (8 April). The original proceedings were about contact...

‘How the MoD tried to cover up domestic abuse by a special forces soldier’

by reporting watch team | May 6, 2026 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious, Open Reporting

This headline appeared in The Observer on 3 May. The sub headline says: A member of the armed forces who terrorised his wife has been allowed unsupervised access to their daughter – in a case that British military authorities tried to keep out of the public eye. The...

Journalist allowed to read psychologist’s reports

by reporting watch team | Jan 29, 2026 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Open Reporting

A significant decision has been made by Mr Justice Poole in the High Court, allowing a journalist access to a number of psychological reports that were commissioned in family proceedings.  Although when a Transparency Order (TO) is made under the Reporting...

‘Reform of the Family Court’ – evidence session for the House of Commons Justice Committee

by reporting watch team | Nov 17, 2025 | Events, FCReportingWatch, Open Reporting

The House of Commons Parliamentary Justice Committee held a session on 28 October to look at ‘Reform of the Family Court’. We’re not sure what was meant by ‘reform’ – this was never specified – but the session had four important witnesses giving evidence: Lisa...

Consultation on allocation and gatekeeping in family courts

by reporting watch team | Oct 11, 2025 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Open Reporting

This topic was recently covered in a consultation issued by judges that updates guidance to courts on what level of judge or magistrate should sit on a case and generally how applications received will be efficiently administered. The guidance says that it applies to...

Updated Guidance: What to do when a reporter attends your hearing

by reporting watch team | Sep 29, 2025 | Legal blogging, Open Reporting, Resources, Transparency News

We first published our Guidance Note ‘What to do when a reporter attends (or wants to attend) your hearing’ in 2023. Later, we updated it to account for the expansion of the Reporting Pilot and introduction of the Financial Remedies Pilot, developing two...