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Ending or suspending parental responsibility – new laws

Ending or suspending parental responsibility – new laws

by reporting watch team | Apr 8, 2026 | Explanation, FCReportingWatch

You’ll often see this topic described as ‘stripping’ or ‘removing’ an abusive father’s parental rights but parental responsibility (PR) can’t often simply be taken away – although where the circumstances justify it, PR can be restricted or effectively...
‘Top family judge’ bows out

‘Top family judge’ bows out

by reporting watch team | Apr 7, 2026 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

The most senior judge in family courts is the President of the Family Division and Court of Protection, inevitably known in the media as ‘top family judge’. Shortly after Sir James Munby was appointed President, from April 2014, he began an innovative...
Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup: March 2026

Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup: March 2026

by reporting watch team | Apr 2, 2026 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

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 Sunday Times (£) began the...
‘Transparency should help a flawed system to improve’

‘Transparency should help a flawed system to improve’

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...
The Vice Chancellor and the Cake Maker – Part 2

The Vice Chancellor and the Cake Maker – Part 2

by reporting watch team | Mar 27, 2026 | Cases, FCReportingWatch

This is an update on the post we wrote on 18 March about family court and defamation proceedings relating to a high profile couple, Professor James Tooley and Ms Cynthia Tooley/Stroud MBE. Two new judgments in Ms Tooley’s defamation case have been published – one...
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