by Julie Doughty | Apr 7, 2022 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
This is a follow-up post about an appeal in proceedings about child arrangements (contact between two young sisters and their father) heard at Portsmouth Family Court. The appeal was against decisions made further to a fact-finding hearing, which the mother claimed...
by Guest Post | Mar 14, 2022 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post by Georgia Fineberg. Georgia is an aspiring barrister who has worked for eight years in the women’s voluntary sector, primarily supporting survivors of domestic abuse and the LGBTQI+ community. She tweets as @FinebergGeorgia What Is Forced...
by Julie Doughty | Feb 21, 2022 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging
Over the past few weeks, I attended three online hearings in one case, as a legal blogger. The judge has given me permission to write on it (but more on that, see final paragraphs below). The case was an appeal to a circuit judge, HHJ Levey at Portsmouth Family Court,...
by Julie Doughty | Feb 11, 2022 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Trends
We have noticed assumptions that family courts are familar with the terms ‘gaslighting’ and ‘being gaslit’, but is the meaning widely known and understood? A straw poll suggests not. This post will look at the origins of the concept, and its...
by reporting watch team | Jan 23, 2022 | FCReportingWatch
Last week saw publication of two new judgments relating to the child of former MP, Andrew Griffiths, and current MP, Kate Griffiths. Here we summarise what those judgments are about and what they do (or don’t) tell us about matters of principle that might affect...
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