by Sophie Smith Holland | Jun 7, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation
This is a first post from Sophie Smith-Holland, one of our new contributors. Sophie tweets as @SSmithHolland. The post is divided into two parts. This is Part One. The question of how the Family Court deals with domestic abuse has had a huge amount of public...
by reporting watch team | Jun 1, 2019 | Analysis, FCReportingWatch
In the Victoria Derbyshire television programme on 16 May, Sir James Munby, the former President of the Family Division, acknowledged (via a written statement) the weight of expressions of dissatisfaction and concern that was building up about orders for contact...
by Paul M | May 18, 2019 | Comment, Consultations, Trends
More than a year has passed since the Transparency Project submitted its response (among many others) to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation on the future strategy of court and tribunal estate reform. Now at last the MOJ has issued its own response. You can read...
by reporting watch team | May 17, 2019 | FCReportingWatch
This week the debate about Family Courts, their secrecy, their failures (as many would see it) dealing appropriately with the tricky issue of domestic abuse has had significant public attention. The letter to the Justice Minister from 120 MPs calling for an inquiry...
by reporting watch team | May 5, 2019 | FCReportingWatch
Correcting, clarifying or commenting on media reports of family court casesExplaining or commenting on published judgments of family court casesHighlighting other transparency news MEDIA (MIS)REPORTS OF FAMILY COURT CASES Local news Derbyshire Live and Nottinghamshire...
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