‘A case that threw a wrecking ball at the practice of lawyers making stand-still agreements over late claims could be challenged in the Court of Appeal.’
Law Society's Gazette, 25th March 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘ A “sarcastic and condescending” judge who banged her head on her desk after a member of the public appeared before her at a family court hearing has been reprimanded.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th March 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Alex Verdan QC of 4 Paper Buildings reviews recent important judgments in private law children cases.’
Family Law Week, 14th March 2019
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘On 7 December 2018, Sir Andrew McFarlane, the President of the Family Division, issued some practice guidance to judges entitled Practice Guidance: anonymisation and avoidance of the identification of children and the treatment of explicit descriptions of the sexual abuse of children in judgments intended for the public arena(see January [2019] Fam Law 68). In it, he refers to a report written by Julia Brophy and published by the Association of Lawyers for Children (ALC) in July 2016 (J Brophy, Anonymisation and avoidance of the identification of children and the treatment of explicit descriptions of the sexual abuse of children in judgments intended for the public arena: judicial guidance, available on the ALC and Nuffield Foundation websites).’
Transparency Project, 12th March 2019
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘There has been a sharp rise in the number of divorcing couples opting to “go private” in order to avoid the delays and stresses of an over-stretched court system, lawyers have revealed.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd March 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A group of private backers has agreed to fund a national unit supporting courts which help parents deal with drug or alcohol addiction so their children are not taken into care.’
BBC News, 14th February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has “expressed remorse” after falling asleep during a hearing.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th February 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Hannah Gomersall, barrister at Coram Chambers, explores the proposed reforms set out in the government’s Domestic Abuse Bill: its scope, workability and whether the Family Court will be able to cope with the ensuing workload.’
Family Law Week, 7th February 2019
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A test in the family courts will be the next step in exploring fully video hearings, against a backdrop of widespread concern about the technology among judges, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 28th January 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Limits on how early or late lawyers can email each may be needed to avoid burn-out given the “remorseless” pressure the system is under, the president of the Family Division has suggested.’
Legal Futures, 25th January 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Joseph Rainer, barrister, Queen Elizabeth Building examines the use of the Thwaite jurisdiction in relation to the court’s power to revisit financial remedy orders by analysing the relevant case law and using some fictitious practical case studies.’
Family Law Week, 16th January 2019
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Professor David Hodson OBE MICArb, Partner, The International Family Law Group, provides a family lawyer’s perspective of the matters arising at the inaugural International Forum on Online Courts.’
Family Law Week, 16th January 2019
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A woman who ended text messages with a kiss was not being “flirtatious” with her estranged husband, a judge has ruled.’
The Independent, 13th January 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘John Tughan QC of 4 Paper Buildings reviews recent, important Children Public Law cases.’
Family Law Week, 13th December 2018
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew MacFarlane issued some guidance last week on the anonymisation of published judgments in family court cases.’
Transparency Project, 10th December 2018
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘A Family Court judge has condemned a council’s care for two young women as “woeful” and said he was “appalled” by failures of social workers and managers.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th December 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The President of the Family Division has issued guidance on two aspects of anonymisation and the avoidance of identification of children in judgments placed in the public arena.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th December 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A ban on paying surrogate mothers should be lifted, the former head of the family court, has said.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A council offered a jailed sex offender the chance to play a part in the future of the child of a woman he raped, it has emerged. The rapist, who was part of a grooming gang in the North of the country and has no parental responsibility for his son, was contacted by the local authority to give him a chance to see the boy, a Times investigation has uncovered.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Speech by Rt. Hon. Sir Andrew McFarlane: Association of Lawyers for Children Conference 2018.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 23rd November 2018
Source: www.judiciary.uk
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