what to do if you want your family court judgment published - new post on the up to date position on judges publishing. Although Google will find the guidance for you, it's a circuitous task if you try the Judiciary website.

We recently received an enquiry from someone who wanted a court judgment in their case to be published and who didn't know how to go about this. [EDITED 22.09.25 to clarify this post is about publishing judgments only, not about publishing news or... https://transparencyproject.org.uk/?p=29837

interesting to see The Guardian describe the justice system as 'transparent' although not sure how much Lady Hale would agree. New book on her observations of a range of courts www.theguardian.com/law/2025/sep...

Today (Thursday 11 September 2025) at 5.30pm, we are running a small friendly webinar on how to observe (remote) hearings in the Court of Protection. Everyone welcome - if you'd like to join us just send us an email and we'll send you the link.

Reported by Charlie Maloney from Reading Family Court - forced marriage protection order www.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/2543316...

British teenager becomes a ward of court to escape from Somalia - new post on this recent High Court judgment.

We spotted this dramatic court judgment published last week although, surprisingly, we’ve not seen any media coverage – Re M (Nationality Based Jurisdiction) [2025] EWHC 1821 (Fam). There are a few similarities with the widely publicised case in... https://transparencyproject.org.uk/?p=29811

update on these care proceedings in Cardiff Family Court - child will continue to live with grandparents as foster carers, under a care order.

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... https://transparencyproject.org.uk/?p=29803

⚠️Faulty court technology is preventing the public from seeing crucial evidence. Across dozens of hearings, courtwatchers saw faulty video screen links to be a source of delays and found they were unable to see the evidence originally intended to be viewed by the entire courtroom. 🧵[1/6]

Why it mattered to Joe and Sandra Preston to be able to tell the story of the DOLS assessments and COP case they went through for Joe's mum, and how we made a successful application to the court for variation to the reporting restrictions. openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/08/29/m...

we hope @sanchia7.bsky.social will continue her excellent work on reporting family courts

revised Cafcass guidance on children refusing or resisting contact, incl use of 'experts' www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/08/22/f...

www.iclr.co.uk/blog/reviews... review of this new free resource recommended for lawyers as well as litigants in person

Children under interim care orders are being left with harmful parents because there are currently no foster carers for them to move to, and no certainty there will be.

A local authority (LA) applied for care orders for six children in March 2025. At the case management hearing (CMH) I attended in April,  and wrote on here: ‘Completing care proceedings in less that 26 weeks’, a strict timetable was set out by... https://transparencyproject.org.uk/?p=29788

We've alerted The National Archives to fact this judgment published without name of judge: Mother v Father [2025] EWFC 247 caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2025/247 Unless required by a reporting restriction, this is a failure of open justice.

Many thanks to @kitzingercelia.bsky.social @openjusticecop.bsky.social for reporting on this hearing of commital to prison of a mother who refused to comply with Family Court orders - 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... https://transparencyproject.org.uk/?p=29774

Recommended - this reliable guide to legal sources for LiPs litigants-in-person.carrd.co

Family Court Roundup for July now published

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... https://transparencyproject.org.uk/?p=29758

Appeal judgment in the case of the Gillick-competent 14 year old boy 'stranded' in Ghana - now published. Welfare evaluation sent back to a different High Court judge

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... https://transparencyproject.org.uk/?p=29745

the appeal judgment has been handed down. (No link yet) We'll be writing on this shortly

judge praises social workers and lawyers in this case where a potential kinship carer came forward late in proceedings & 26 weeks deadline was extended for assessments #LegalBlogging

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... https://transparencyproject.org.uk/?p=29729

the super injunction - courtobservers.org/2025/07/23/a... explanation and analysis from the Courts and Tribunals Observers Network

ITV documentary about the Griffiths case www.itv.com/watch/breaki...

new legal blogging post on a case of refusing contact with one parent: a failed reunification plan, disagreement between the expert and the other professionals, child complaining after reading a judgment in another case, resisting an order being enforced by the Tipstaff.

A 13 year old boy was refusing to obey High Court orders that he spend time with his mother following his parents’ separation. After three years of failed attempts to persuade him to see her, the court asked the Tipstaff’s office to enforce an... https://transparencyproject.org.uk/?p=29719

'My abusive ex convinced the courts to give him custody of our daughter' | News UK | Metro News share.google/P0jRY7Vr65d5... but the MoJ are publishing their review of the presumption "shortly" (it says here)

publication of Newport Family Court judgment where LA had failed to keep to supervision order plan. Judge identifies systemic failures, not individual social workers

new report from Womens Aid England on children killed by a domestic abusive parent following parental separation www.womensaid.org.uk/wp-content/u...

1/2 This blog post from Lucy Reid highlights the importance of child participation in court proceedings, giving an example of a case where the children felt heard and understood: transparencyproject.org.uk/if-i-had-to-...

discussion on the Pathfinder model, now in all Wales and parts of England

We wrote about this case here transparencyproject.org.uk/access-to-fa...

www.legalfutures.co.uk?p=144114 new research on 'budget' pre-nups by Prof Sharon Thompson

Roundup of family court transparency news for June

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 Times... https://transparencyproject.org.uk/?p=29698

and secondly on @seethrujustice.transparencyproject.org.uk, based on my observation of a hearing in Worcester: ‘‘If I had to live with mum I’d jump out of the window’ – Why two boys ended up living with their dad’ : transparencyproject.org.uk/if-i-had-to-...

A twofer on posts from me this weekend: firstly on Pink Tape: ‘A confusing post-script’ - prompted by a @lawsocietygazette.bsky.social article and the judgment that had prompted it: www.pinktape.co.uk/rants/a-conf...

On the day I saw them trot across the court waiting room on the way back from meeting the judge, Jamie and Andrew* were 10 and 14. I didn’t know that at the time, to me they looked smaller, younger. But the visit seemed to have gone well, as best I... https://transparencyproject.org.uk/?p=29691

An educational psychologist, who was suspended after misleading the family court about his qualifications, has given evidence in at least seven other cases where he may have acted beyond his expertise

feat. @louisetickle.bsky.social

Can a family court make a journalist reveal the source of her information about a hearing? Helpful new judgment by Henke J