by Julie Doughty | Jan 12, 2023 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Use of section 20 Children Act 1989 for the voluntary accommodation of children has long been subject to controversy. Critcisms of practice have ranged from alleged coercion of parents into agreeing and lack of fully informed consent, through to allowing children to...
by Guest Post | Jan 12, 2023 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Notorious, Transparency News
FAMILY JUSTICE: OSTIIS APERTIS?[1] Or a mantle of inviolable secrecy?[2] A challenge to those who would keep the doors closed This is a guest post by Sir James Munby, former President of the Family Division On 28 October 2021 the President published the outcome of his...
by reporting watch team | Jan 1, 2023 | Events, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Reporting Pilot, Transparency News
At the end of January 2023, a new reporting pilot [update, the linked guidance from November has now been superceded by a version dated 18 January here – readers should check the TIG page regularly for the most up to date version as this document may change as...
by Alice T | Dec 7, 2022 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
PART TWO This is Part Two of a report from observing a final hearing in the Central London Family Court as a legal blogger and applying for the usual statutory bar on reporting to be lifted, so as to be able to publish this anonymised report. Part One is my...
by Alice T | Dec 7, 2022 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
This is a report from observing a final hearing in the Central London Family Court as a legal blogger and applying for the usual statutory bar on reporting to be lifted, so as to be able to publish this anonymised report. It’s split into two parts as it’s long. Part...
by Julie Doughty | Dec 5, 2022 | Consultations, FCReportingWatch
The House of Lords set up a parliamentary post-legislative scrutiny committee in January 2022 to inquire into the effectiveness of the Children and Families Act 2014. One of the several criticisms that appear in the committee’s report (published today) is the delay in...
by reporting watch team | Dec 2, 2022 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
From 30th January 2023, the current postion for the media or legal bloggers who attend family court hearings will change in three courts. Under a pilot scheme introduced by Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division, it will no longer be necessary for a...
by Julie Doughty | Nov 27, 2022 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
This blog post will not go into detail about the distressing history of five year old Logan Mwangi, with which we are all too familiar through media coverage of the trial of the three people who were responsible for his death. An impression had been given at that time...
by Guest Post | Nov 22, 2022 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post by Georgia Fineberg about the case of Nottingham County Council v OA & Anor [2022] EWFC 102 (17 August 2022). Georgia is a pupil barrister who has worked for nine years in the women’s voluntary sector, primarily...
by reporting watch team | Nov 20, 2022 | FCReportingWatch
We are now on Mastodon, as well as Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram (occasionally!) and (for the time being) Twitter. Our Mastodon account is – @seethrujustice.mas.to. We’re still working that new platform out! If you don’t already follow us please feel...
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