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UPDATE: Z (A Child: committal proceeding) – a reminder that no one can be committed to prison without being named publicly

UPDATE: Z (A Child: committal proceeding) – a reminder that no one can be committed to prison without being named publicly

by Malvika Jaganmohan | May 3, 2020 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

I wrote a piece for the blog back in March 2020 about the case of Z (A Child: committal proceeding) [2020] EWFC B5 (24 January 2020). It concerned a private children law matter where the father had tampered with a drug testing report – which would have shown...
Remote hearings: a gulf between lawyers and lay parties?

Remote hearings: a gulf between lawyers and lay parties?

by Malvika Jaganmohan | Mar 29, 2020 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

In the last two weeks, the family justice system has been plunged into the deep end. Family lawyers, judges and court staff have been grappling with varied forms of technology to transition cases online as quickly as possible during the coronavirus crisis. Inevitably,...
How technology almost thwarted the family courts again (Z (A Child: committal proceeding))

How technology almost thwarted the family courts again (Z (A Child: committal proceeding))

by Malvika Jaganmohan | Mar 11, 2020 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

Z (A Child: committal proceeding) [2020] EWFC B5 (24 January 2020) concerned committal proceedings (i.e. proceedings about whether a party should be sent to prison) within a broader private law dispute between two parents over their child, ‘Z’.  Father...
“I hurt you because I love you” – what did TV’s Silent Witness get right and wrong about the treatment of domestic violence in the family courts?

“I hurt you because I love you” – what did TV’s Silent Witness get right and wrong about the treatment of domestic violence in the family courts?

by Malvika Jaganmohan | Jan 27, 2020 | Comment

No one is ever going to give the BBC TV show Silent Witness any prizes for being particularly factually accurate (what do you MEAN forensic pathologists don’t actually run around solving crimes!?). But who cares, right? It’s good, dramatic telly. That was all well and...
No take-backs? The parents who changed their mind about adoption and the local authority who got it very, very wrong

No take-backs? The parents who changed their mind about adoption and the local authority who got it very, very wrong

by Malvika Jaganmohan | Oct 14, 2019 | Cases, FCReportingWatch

Malvika Jaganmohan is a pupil barrister at Coram Chambers, a specialist family law chambers in London. She tweets as @MalvikaJaganmo1 All paragraph references in bold refer to the judgment which is publicly available on Bailii.  Background The case of Foster...
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