by Lucy R | Nov 12, 2022 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Transparency News
On 1 November 2022 the House of Commons Justice Committee published their report : Open Justice: court reporting in the digital age. Whilst not limited to matters relating to Family Justice, the report contains a significant section dealing specifically with Open...
by Julie Doughty | Oct 26, 2022 | Events, Resources
‘A good law gone bad’ is how the Hague Convention on International Abduction was described in a session organised by the Filia Hague Mothers project at an international feminist conference held in Cardiff over the weekend. The Convention was drafted in...
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...
by Malvika Jaganmohan | Oct 8, 2022 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Two judgments caught my eye in the last few weeks, adding to the body of case law relating to the conduct of experts who provide evidence in the family courts. One expert came out pretty well; the other… less so. Let’s start with the positive, shall we? (Warning:...
by reporting watch team | Oct 6, 2022 | Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch
The below memorandum was prepared by Sir James Munby for the consideration of the Law Commission who are currently running a project concerning the possible reform of contempt of court. It is published with their agreement....
by reporting watch team | Oct 3, 2022 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
This post is by Delia Minoprio. Delia is a family law barrister at 1 Crown Office Row specialising in all aspects of children work. She tweets as @familylawdm A child protection storyline is no stranger to the scripts of BBC TV’s Eastenders....
by Julie Doughty | Sep 25, 2022 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
After many months – getting on for a year – of The Transparency Project continually asking for more transparent publication of the progress of the President’s Transparency Implementation Group (TIG) we’re pleased to have been notified of a new...
by Paul M | Sep 18, 2022 | Comment, Explanation
In two previous posts we’ve discussed the fate of the late Prince Philip’s will. Following an application by his executors, the court made an order sealing it up for 90 years. There were questions about how transparent those proceedings were, but the basic rule that...
by Paul M | Sep 13, 2022 | Comment, Transparency News
We have been concerned for some time that the publication of judgments from the Family Court by non-High Court judges seems to have dried up. In fact they haven’t, not altogether at any rate; they’re just harder to find now. These judgments used to be kept in a...
by Lucy R | Sep 11, 2022 | FCReportingWatch
(Excuse the title for this post. The writer is from Bristol.) When a father who is involved in proceedings concerning his child has been found to have perpetrated domestic abuse against the other parent, the family court will generally look to assess the risk...
Recent Comments