Subject: Family courts

09.11.24

Parents ‘losing their children’ over misinterpreted drug tests

Hair strands tests used in life-changing decisions can give misleading results

29.10.24

Family Court Files

Join us for the first ever Family Court Reporting Week

For five days from Monday 4 November TBIJ is hosting a series of events for journalists around the country

16.10.24

Family Court Files

Cafcass issues new rules to protect abuse victims in family court system

Service representing children’s interests urges stricter recommendations around abusive parents

10.10.24

Family Court Files

Why are unregulated psychologists acting as expert witnesses in family courts?

A clinical psychologist explains the problematic role of experts in family courts cases

13.09.24

Family Court Files

TBIJ launches Family Court Reporting Week

Inaugural week-long event will offer sessions, mentoring and practical support for journalists who want to report on family courts

31.08.24

Family Court Files

Family Court Files: mother ‘devastated’ after rapist father granted contact with child

The mother has successfully appealled the order that let Kristoffer White have unsupervised time with their daughter

17.07.24

Reporting restrictions explained: which parts of a court case make the news – and why

Most legal cases are open to the public and media alike – but not all the details are allowed to be reported

16.07.24

Family Court Files

Kristoffer White: TBIJ wins court battle to publish name of sex offender

Ruling hailed as ‘important decision’ in ensuring family courts are not exploited by perpetrators

26.06.24

Family Court Files

Reform family courts to tackle violence against women, charities urge next government

Experts say manifestos fail to reflect the profound impact of family courts on victims of domestic abuse

27.04.24

Family Court Files

Family Court Files: Abusive father’s attempts to manipulate family courts

Man’s claims that he was the victim of domestic abuse were undermined by body-cam footage he recorded around the home

19.04.24

Family Court Files

Family Court Files: Psychologist’s evidence used to ‘ramp up’ allegations of parental alienation

Expert opinion was given to court by psychologist who is not registered with a regulator

28.03.24

Family Court Files

‘I’m part of the process, not an unwelcome guest’: reporting from inside the family courts

Our reporter on covering the family courts before and during our groundbreaking transparency pilot

28.02.24

Family Court Files

Family Court Files: child abduction using northern Cyprus ‘loophole’ leaves parents in legal deadlock

Mother is one of many to have fled with their children to the self-declared state unrecognised by UK government

22.02.24

Family Court Files

How to report family court hearings

Our reporting pilot has been extended to a further 16 locations. If you’re a journalist interested in covering cases, here’s some key information

07.02.24

Family Court Files

Family courts: major law changes protecting abuse victims to be debated in Lords

Amendments include ban on unregulated experts and veto on allegations of ‘parental alienation’

06.02.24

Family Court Files

Family Court Files: father stripped of parental responsibility after raping ex-partner

Mother’s rape allegation had been dismissed in error before case was re-heard on appeal

31.01.24

Family Court Files

‘Transparency benefits all’: a view from a family court judge

Jonathan Furness KC shares his experience of the family court transparency pilot

12.01.24

Family Court Files

Family court transparency pilot expanded across England and Wales

Journalists will be able to report what they see and hear at courts in a further 16 areas

16.12.23

Family Court Files

Family Court Files: child removed from mother after ‘punitive’ recommendation

Decision came after evidence from three experts, one of whom was unregulated

24.11.23

Family Court Files

Family Court Files: inside the secretive part of the justice system

After two decades as a court reporter, a journalist is able to report for the first time on decisions that can determine children’s futures, thanks to a family courts transparency pilot

Parents ‘losing their children’ over misinterpreted drug tests

Join us for the first ever Family Court Reporting Week

Cafcass issues new rules to protect abuse victims in family court system

Why are unregulated psychologists acting as expert witnesses in family courts?

TBIJ launches Family Court Reporting Week

Family Court Files: mother ‘devastated’ after rapist father granted contact with child

Reporting restrictions explained: which parts of a court case make the news – and why

Kristoffer White: TBIJ wins court battle to publish name of sex offender

Reform family courts to tackle violence against women, charities urge next government

Family Court Files: Abusive father’s attempts to manipulate family courts

Family Court Files: Psychologist’s evidence used to ‘ramp up’ allegations of parental alienation

‘I’m part of the process, not an unwelcome guest’: reporting from inside the family courts

Family Court Files: child abduction using northern Cyprus ‘loophole’ leaves parents in legal deadlock

How to report family court hearings

Family courts: major law changes protecting abuse victims to be debated in Lords

Family Court Files: father stripped of parental responsibility after raping ex-partner

‘Transparency benefits all’: a view from a family court judge

Family court transparency pilot expanded across England and Wales

Family Court Files: child removed from mother after ‘punitive’ recommendation

Family Court Files: inside the secretive part of the justice system

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