Domestic abuse and the Financial Remedies Court

by Guest Post | Aug 8, 2024 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Trends

This is a guest post from Femi Ogunlende. Femi is a barrister at No5 Chambers. This post discusses the current approach to domestic abuse in financial remedy proceedings. For those short on time and unable to read the post in full, the key conclusions you need to be...

Written Advocacy – who is it for?

by Guest Post | May 30, 2024 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Trends

This post is a guest post by Anna Yarde. Anna is a children barrister at Harcourt Chambers. This commentary is intended for lawyers to read and for lay parties to benefit from. A Guide for Lawyers – Improving Transparency in the Family Court Written Advocacy –...

Open Justice Today – speech by the Lord Chief Justice

by Paul M | Oct 1, 2023 | Comment, Transparency News, Trends

In one of his last speeches before retiring as the head of the judiciary of England & Wales, Lord Burnett of Maldon congratulated the courts on the way technology had enhanced open justice through live streaming, media access to remote hearings, and the...

Independent external review of IPSO

by Paul M | May 25, 2023 | Comment, Trends

Winning public confidence in IPSO’s independence and effectiveness remains an uphill task, according to its latest external review. While the newspaper regulator is generally well managed, its performance in dealing with complaints could be more efficient and timely,...

The Relaunch of Family Mediation

by Julie Doughty | Oct 10, 2022 | Comment, Trends

I’ve been working in and around family and child law for more than 30 years, during which several different UK governments and departments have discovered family mediation, as if the first time. ‘Mediation is quicker, cheaper, less stressful, more...

What is ‘gaslighting’ and what does it mean in family court cases?

by Julie Doughty | Feb 11, 2022 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Trends

We have noticed assumptions that family courts are familar with the terms ‘gaslighting’ and ‘being gaslit’, but is the meaning widely known and understood? A straw poll suggests not. This post will look at the origins of the concept, and its...