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Looking beyond the headlines: domestic abuse allegations in family proceedings

Looking beyond the headlines: domestic abuse allegations in family proceedings

by reporting watch team | Aug 2, 2017 | Trends

This is a guest post from Dr Sue Whitcombe (@drsue2014), a psychologist working with high conflict family breakdown and parental alienation. It is re-posted with kind permission, having been originally published via Linkedin. A post from the Reporting Watch Team about...
“Top Judge threatens to down tools rather than allow victims to be quizzed by abusers in his court”

“Top Judge threatens to down tools rather than allow victims to be quizzed by abusers in his court”

by reporting watch team | May 19, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

…Or so we imagine the headlines may run if and when a member of the press reads as far as the bottom few paragraphs of the unassuming A (A Minor : Fact Finding; Unrepresented Party) [2017] EWHC 1195 (Fam) (19 May 2017), a recent judgment of Mr Justice Anthony...
Dossier claims children unnecessarily removed from parents

Dossier claims children unnecessarily removed from parents

by reporting watch team | Jan 27, 2017 | FCReportingWatch

Children unnecessarily removed from parents, report claims Dossier indicates drive to increase adoptions is punitive for low-income families and alternatives exist This was the headline and strapline last week in the Guardian. The article announces the publication of...

Imaginary judges use imaginary powers to reform imaginary law

by Lucy R | Jan 25, 2017 | FCReportingWatch

UK judges change court rules on child contact for violent fathers Senior judges are taking steps to end the presumption that a father must have contact with a child where there is evidence of domestic abuse that would put the child or mother at risk. WRONG. WRONG....

Domestic violence & family proceedings : Practice direction amendments to protect vulnerable witnesses & children

by David Burrows | Jan 24, 2017 | Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch

On 21 January 2017 Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, published his 16th View from the President’s Chambers ‘Children and vulnerable witnesses – where are we?. This was accompanied by a report from Cobb J (dated 18 November 2016). This report includes...
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