by reporting watch team | Mar 14, 2017 | FCReportingWatch
Correcting, clarifying or commenting on media reports of family court cases Explaining or commenting on published Judgments of family court cases Highlighting other transparency news MEDIA REPORTS OF FAMILY COURTS CASES / FAMILY JUSTICE ISSUES The Daily...
by reporting watch team | Mar 13, 2017 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
A and B (Children) [2016] EWFC B115 was decided in March 2016 but published in February 2017, alongside Baker J’s July 2016 decision (A and B (Findings against social worker) (Rev 1) [2016]) not to permit the social worker to appeal the original findings of...
by Julie Doughty | Mar 13, 2017 | Transparency News
Cross posted from the Child Protection Resource blog Post by Sarah Phillimore On March 9th 2017, Lord Justice McFarlane delivered the first of the Bridget Lindley OBE Memorial Lectures. He began by paying tribute to the memory of Bridget Lindley who dedicated her...
by Sarah P | Mar 13, 2017 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
The continued mis-reporting of family cases by Christopher Booker. #familylaw statutory charge misunderstood https://t.co/EKwx57POfA — Louise McCallum (@LMcCallumZenith) March 12, 2017 The klaxon rang in the Transparency Project bat cave with a direct plea from...
by reporting watch team | Mar 9, 2017 | Transparency News
Lord Justice McFarlane delivered a fascinating lecture tonight in memory of the late Bridget Lindley. You can read it in full on the Judiciary website here, and a summary here. In his speech Lord Justice McFarlane discussed the pressing need for greater transparency,...
by reporting watch team | Mar 6, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
On 27 February 2017 The Telegraph reported on an ongoing appeal in the Court of Appeal by a wealthy wife (Mrs Sharp) in respect of the financial order made following her divorce. Millionaire wife challenges divorce settlement which gave ex-husband half of £5.45m...
by reporting watch team | Mar 5, 2017 | FCReportingWatch
Correcting, clarifying or commenting on media reports of family court cases Explaining or commenting on published Judgments of family court cases Highlighting other transparency news MEDIA REPORTS OF FAMILY COURTS CASES / FAMILY JUSTICE ISSUES The...
by reporting watch team | Mar 5, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Update : the main judgment in the case of Norman has now been published. You can read it here : Norman v Norman [2017] EWCA Civ 120 (03 March 2017) We’ve previously written about this case when it was covered in the press, and when an earlier judgment was released in...
by Paul M | Mar 4, 2017 | Comment, Explanation, Notorious
Giving the second of a series of lectures at Gresham College on the difference between crime and family law proceedings, Jo Delahunty QC spoke about the use of expert medical evidence in cases concerning the death or serious injury of a child. She explored, by way of...
by reporting watch team | Mar 4, 2017 | Cases, Explanation
This post is about the case of Lachaux v Lachaux [2017] EWHC 385 (Fam), a recent decision by Mr Justice Mostyn. It is really hard to write an accurate and not too long headline for this sort of case. We’re not sure the headline we’ve gone with is a good...
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