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A happy ending in Cardiff Family Court

A happy ending in Cardiff Family Court

During August, I attended a final hearing in a case I’d written about in May, when I’d said: The circumstances in this case may sound all too familiar to some readers. A child aged ten was terrified of his mother’s violent male partner and is now living with his...

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Sending a mother to prison for contempt of court

This post by Celia Kitzinger on the Open Justice Court of Protection Project site, 'Sentencing in contempt proceedings', is actually a Family Court case. Celia explains why the hearing caught her eye in the lists, how she observed it, and why she has written about it...

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Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup: July 2025

Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup: July 2025

Welcome to the Roundup, where we correct, clarify and comment on media reports of family law, explain and comment on published family court judgments, and highlight other transparency news.  MEDIA COVERAGE OF FAMILY LAW, TRANSPARENCY etc The BBC reported that 'I...

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14 year old boy taken to Ghana – Appeal judgment

14 year old boy taken to Ghana – Appeal judgment

In June, the Court of Appeal allowed the appeal by a 14 year old boy against a High Court decision that his parents had lawfully taken him from his home in the UK to Ghana, where he’d been left at a boarding school. You can read Sanchia Berg’s story here. We included...

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Legal blogging – placement order for adoption of a baby

Legal blogging – placement order for adoption of a baby

I wrote in April about an earlier hearing I’d attended in this case at Cardiff Family Court  before District Judge Saunders. This had originally seemed a sad but straightforward case of an abandoned baby for whom adoption would be the right outcome. Care...

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