by Paul M | Oct 10, 2020 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Following an earlier consultation, there has been a comprehensive rewriting of the rules of court dealing with the procedure to be adopted in relation to contempt of court. There are new rules in effect from 1 October 2020 in both the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) and...
by Lucy R | Aug 9, 2020 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Gibbs v Gibbs (Rev 1) [2020] EWHC 2134 is a rather extraordinary judgment. You’ll notice the names are incorporated in the description of the case – that is for two reasons. Firstly, the judgment relates to a committal hearing, which are always held in public...
by Malvika Jaganmohan | Mar 11, 2020 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Z (A Child: committal proceeding) [2020] EWFC B5 (24 January 2020) concerned committal proceedings (i.e. proceedings about whether a party should be sent to prison) within a broader private law dispute between two parents over their child, ‘Z’. Father...
by Julie D | 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 reporting watch team | Mar 25, 2018 | Cases, FCReportingWatch
There have been a couple of examples of family court judges sending people to prison for deliberately ignoring their orders. Although it doesn’t happen very often, as judges prefer to find another way to deal with matters where possible, family judges can and do send...
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