Court of Appeal to consider the idea of the anonymous judge
In December, following the conviction of Sara Sharif’s father and step-mother for her murder, and her uncle for offences associated with her death, the Family Division of the HIgh Court permitted disclosure of documents and information from three family court...
Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup
Welcome to the Roundup, where we correct, clarify and comment on media reports of family law, explain and comment on published family court judgments, and highlight other transparency news.
The presumption and ‘contact culture’
A legal presumption was introduced into the Children Act 1989 in 2014 that, in a contact dispute between separated parents, the continued involvement of both parents in their child’s life is in the child’s best interests. This has become increasingly...
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