by reporting watch team | Apr 1, 2026 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
On 30 March, The Guardian published this editorial: ‘The Guardian view on family justice: transparency should help a flawed system to improve. Increased openness is a change for the better. But cuts have made the courts’ work far harder’ We have written...
by Julie Doughty | Mar 27, 2026 | Cases, Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch
Earlier this week, the Court of Appeal heard an argument that the Open Justice Principle does not apply to the Court of Protection (CoP) and that an ‘urban myth’ had wrongly grown that any attempt to restrict public access to CoP proceedings was ‘a...
by reporting watch team | Mar 18, 2026 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch
A family court case has hit the headlines over the past year, not so much for anything remarkable about the Family Law Act 1996 dispute in front of the judges, but because the husband (according to press reports) is friendly with prominent right wing politicians and...
by reporting watch team | Jan 19, 2026 | Consultations, Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch
The Covid lockdown period provided unexpected opportunities to discover the advantages and disadvantages of holding court hearings ‘remotely’ online. Currently, family courts prefer to hold hearings in person but there’s a general move toward more...
by Julie Doughty | Nov 27, 2025 | Comment, Consultations, Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
It’s common knowledge that people involved in family court proceedings held in private are very restricted in what they can say about what’s happening. There are well-established and accepted restrictions on naming children (under section 97 Children Act 1989). The...
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