by reporting watch team | Apr 10, 2025 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Open Reporting, Transparency News
Since January the transparency order is ‘a thing’, in that courts will usually make one in every case where a reporter attends a hearing. Such orders allow the anonymised reporting of a hearing or a case by the media. But what about the parents? Does it...
by Lucy Reed | Apr 10, 2025 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Open Reporting, Transparency News
This is a guest post by Sir James Munby, former President of the Family Division. On 2 April 2025 Harris J handed down her reserved judgment in M v F and C [2025] EWHC 801 (Fam). The case had first come to public attention when the hearing on 20 February 2025 was...
by Lucy R | Apr 10, 2025 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Open Reporting, Reporting Pilot, Transparency News
[Update 19 Apr 2025: In light of the judgment in Abbasi delivered by the Supreme Court this week, we’ve slightly adjusted the wording in a couple of places (shown in italics and square brackets)]. In a recent interesting judgment hiding behind the nondescript...
by reporting watch team | Mar 29, 2025 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Welcome to the Roundup, where we correct, clarify and comment on media reports of family law, explain and comment on published family court judgments, and highlight other transparency news. MEDIA COVERAGE OF FAMILY LAW, TRANSPARENCY etc The BBC reported on The...
by Paul M | Feb 28, 2025 | Transparency News
Not all judgments are created equal Some, by more senior judges or courts (essentially High Court judges or above), may be regarded as primary or binding ‘authority’ for the propositions of law which they contain. They lay down the law, which lesser courts and judges...
by reporting watch team | Feb 7, 2025 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Welcome to the Roundup, where we correct, clarify and comment on the previous month’s media reports of family law, explain and comment on published family court judgments, and highlight other recent transparency news. MEDIA COVERAGE OF FAMILY LAW,...
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