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A child’s voice in care proceedings

A child’s voice in care proceedings

by Julie Doughty | Nov 28, 2025 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging

A recent care case heard in Cardiff Family Court highlighted the experiences of children living in fear of their parents’ unpredictable and violent behaviour. The judge said that despite her having 30 years experience in care work, the children’s descriptions (in...
Court lifts grandmother’s anonymity at her request

Court lifts grandmother’s anonymity at her request

by reporting watch team | Nov 11, 2025 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

This court judgment – [2025] EWFC 374 – has been published with two names: one is Re A (A Child) (Mother killed by Father) and the other: Linda Westcarr v Gogoa Lois Tape (1) A (2) The Paternal Grandmother (3)The Paternal Grandfather (4) and The London Borough of...
A happy ending in Cardiff Family Court

A happy ending in Cardiff Family Court

by Julie Doughty | Sep 1, 2025 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging

7 November 2025: CORRECTION AND APOLOGY: We have now learnt that the email address we had been using for the local authority lawyer in this case was not an active inbox and she had not received the emails we’d been sending. We apologise for this...

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