by Lucy R | Jul 9, 2021 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
I know I’m the chair of the Transparency Project so I’m supposed to be all ‘More transparency! Raahhhh!’. At least that is what people assume, as if transparency and privacy are mutually exclusive and as if we have to pick sides. I wish it were...
by reporting watch team | Jul 3, 2021 | Consultations, Events, FCReportingWatch
June 2021 sees the first anniversary of publication of the report ‘Assessing risk of harm to children and parents in private law children cases’ (the Harm report). We have published a number of posts about the report. The UK government responded to the...
by reporting watch team | Jun 11, 2021 | Cases, FCReportingWatch
This blog post is about the case of Re A (Domestic Abuse: Incorrect Principles applied) [2021] EWFC B30. First, the context: June 2020: The Ministry of Justice published the ‘Harm Report’, a 200-page document detailing criticisms of the way family courts minimised...
by reporting watch team | May 11, 2021 | FCReportingWatch
We’ve had really good feedback on our Domestic Abuse Guidance Note. However, in light of recent changes in the law and guidance (in particular the Domestic Abuse Act and the appeal in Re H-N), we will be revising this guidance note over coming months. For those...
by Lucy R | May 8, 2021 | FCReportingWatch
The Domestic Abuse Bill became law on 29 April 2021 and is now known as the Domestic Abuse Act 2021. The Act is vast and wide ranging, and this post covers those parts of it which bear directly on the work of the family courts. There is lots more in it that we...
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