by Emma Nottingham | Sep 15, 2019 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Day 5 continued with submissions from Vikram Sachdeva QC, representing Tafida, instructed by her aunt as litigation friend. He submitted that the court should take no difference between adults and children in principle. Both should look at best interests in light of...
by Lucy R | Sep 13, 2019 | Project
The Transparency Project was founded in 2014 and achieved charitable status in April 2015. The Project aims to promote better understanding of the family justice system in England & Wales by providing accessible and balanced information, and through facilitating...
by Emma Nottingham | Sep 13, 2019 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
As mentioned in my first blog post this week, there are two cases being heard. The first three days heard the first case, which was an application for judicial review. This application was made by Tafida’s parents to consider the legality of the decision of the...
by Emma Nottingham | Sep 11, 2019 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
The facts of the case and summaries of day 1 and 2 can be viewed here: Tafida Raqeeb: First Day of the High Court Case Tafida Raqeeb Case: Day 2 in the High Court. Day 3 of the hearing continued with Katie Gollop QC’s submissions for Barts NHS Health Trust. She...
by reporting watch team | Sep 11, 2019 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Day 2 of the hearing (Tuesday) saw David Lock QC, counsel for the parents continue his submissions, and Katie Gollop QC commence hers on behalf of Barts NHS Health Trust. David Lock QC stated that medical decision-making is about more than just medical best interests....
by Emma Nottingham | Sep 9, 2019 | Cases, Explanation, Legal blogging
Described by counsel as ‘every parent’s worst nightmare’, the 9th September 2019 marked the first day of the Tafida Raqeeb case. I set out to attend under the legal bloggers pilot alongside accredited journalists though in fact the first day of the hearing was held in...
by Julie Doughty | Sep 8, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
UPDATE 16 September: We have now seen the appeal judgment itself and have edited and updated this post. Please scroll to the end of this post for the update. A story appeared in The Times [paywalled] this week: ‘Trainee lawyer unfairly convicted of contempt over...
by Lucy R | Sep 5, 2019 | Cases, FCReportingWatch
This week has seen the headline : Mum whose violent husband was jailed can’t get a divorce – because he says no, appear in the Daily Mirror. The same story is covered under the slightly less bold headline in the Metro : Abusive husband still controlling...
by reporting watch team | Sep 2, 2019 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust v X [2019] EWCOP 35 This is a guest post from Victoria Butler Cole QC (@TorButlerCole). Every year, there are a handful of applications to the Court of Protection to authorise delivery a baby by caesarean section against the...
by reporting watch team | Sep 2, 2019 | FCReportingWatch, Project, Transparency News
We are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Lexis Nexis ‘Family Law Commentator Of The Year’ award. The award is for ‘the commentator who the family law community consider to have provided the most useful commentary to help them...
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