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Does registering your baby make them “property of the State”?

by Annie Surviving Safeguarding | Jun 26, 2019 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch

This is a post by “Annie”, one half of our Project Coordination team at the Transparency Project. Annie is a birth mum who has experienced several sets of public and private law proceedings including a new-born removal, and that baby’s rehabilitation...

The family court in an era of austerity: problems and priorities – Sir James Munby

by Paul M | Jun 26, 2019 | Comment, Trends

The online divorce project has been a “triumphant success”, according to a recent speech by Sir James Munby, but the family justice system as a whole is “inadequately funded and resourced”

Fight for Life: Best interests, sick children and the Battleground

by Emma Nottingham | Jun 22, 2019 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch

Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and M (Acting by her Children’s Guardian) and OA In the recent case of Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v OA , the court had to decide the fate of a 13-month-old-girl, known as M,...

Just because I’m paranoid doesn’t mean they’re out to sue me…

by Lucy R | Jun 17, 2019 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

The Transparency Project was founded in part to counter dodgy headlines and over-simplified or inaccurate media reports about all things family law. Every so often, distortion of what a case *really* says or means comes from within the system. This is one such...

It ain’t that easy…

by reporting watch team | Jun 15, 2019 | Comment, FCReportingWatch

This is a guest post from Themis (pseudonym), a parent with experience of the family courts. It was originally sent to us as a comment in response to our post A Plea for Help, in which we put out a call for writers. We felt it deserved its’ own post: Must be a...

How does the family court deal with domestic abuse? A snapshot

by Sophie Smith Holland | Jun 7, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation

This is a first post from Sophie Smith-Holland, one of our new contributors. Sophie tweets as @SSmithHolland. The post is divided into two parts. This is Part One. The question of how the Family Court deals with domestic abuse has had a huge amount of public...