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  • Article

    Securing permission to report on a family court case involving child contact, serious domestic abuse, and national security

    5th May 2026Read more
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    Lucy Reed KC elected as the Vice Chair elect to the Family Law Bar Association

    11th Nov 2025Read more
  • news

    The second edition of the Dictionary of Public Children Law (2025) has been published

    24th Mar 2025Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed KC talks to The Bristol Cable about transparency in the family courts

    26th Feb 2025Read more
  • Podcast

    The new alienating behaviours guidance

    23rd Dec 2024Listen now
  • news

    Lucy Reed KC on BBC 4 to talk about the Family Courts

    13th Nov 2024Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed KC is a guest speaker for Resolution's Talking Family Law podcast

    1st Jul 2024Read more
  • news

    The first edition of the Dictionary of Public Children Law (2024) has been published

    11th Mar 2024Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed KC features in a new podcast on secrecy in the family courts

    19th Feb 2024Read more
  • news

    The second edition of the 'Transparency in the Family Courts – Publicity and Privacy in Practice' has been published

    6th Feb 2024Read more
  • news

    BBC Radio 4 - almost half of family courts to allow reporting in England and Wales

    15th Jan 2024Read more
  • Podcast

    Vulnerability in children and financial proceedings

    6th Jun 2023Listen now
  • news

    Two new silks for St John's Chambers

    28th Mar 2023Read more
  • news

    Alex Troup and Lucy Reed recommended for Silk

    23rd Dec 2022Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed is guest speaker for the Family Law and Lattes Podcast

    4th Oct 2022Read more
  • Article

    F And G (Children : Sexual Abuse Allegations) [2022] EWCA Civ 1002

    5th Aug 2022Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed publishes the 4th edition of The Family Court without a Lawyer – A Handbook for Litigants in Person

    2nd Aug 2022Read more
  • Article

    Re G (Child Post-Mortem Report: Delays) [2022] EWFC 55

    30th Jun 2022Read more
  • Article

    Very much ancillary

    8th Jun 2022Read more
  • news

    St John’s Chambers congratulates Lucy Reed on her appointment as a Recorder

    27th Jan 2022Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed secures permission to report the identity of former Minister found by the Family Court to have abused his wife

    10th Dec 2021Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed appointed to Family Court Transparency Implementation Group

    7th Dec 2021Read more
  • Article

    Warrington BC v T, R, W and K [2021] EWFC 68

    28th Nov 2021Read more
  • news

    'My transparency journey' Lucy Reed writes in this month's Counsel

    6th Sep 2021Read more
  • Article

    'My Transparency Journey' Lucy Reed writes in this month's Counsel

    3rd Sep 2021Read more
  • Article

    Re P (Discharge of Passport Order) [2020] EWHC 3009 (Fam)

    23rd Nov 2020Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed interviewed by the press regulator Impress on Legal blogging and the President’s Transparency guidance

    10th Jan 2020Read more
  • news

    BBC Radio 4 Law in Action - domestic abuse and family courts

    12th Nov 2019Read more
  • Article

    Allegations of domestic abuse : Are family courts working for children and families?

    24th Jan 2019Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed talks to Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright about the language of the courtroom on BBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth

    22nd Jan 2019Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed acts for prospective adopters in the case of BT & GT (Children: twins – adoption) [2018] EWFC 76

    13th Dec 2018Read more
  • Article

    Sir James Munby sums up his views on transparency

    12th Nov 2018Read more
  • Article

    Correcting inaccuracy by the mainstream media in reporting of family court cases

    12th Sep 2018Read more
  • Article

    Reporting restrictions and accountability in the family courts

    12th Aug 2018Read more
  • Article

    Why words matter – the debate about ‘disclosure’

    12th May 2018Read more
  • Article

    Transparency in the Family Courts – Publicity and Privacy in Practice

    26th Apr 2018Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed publishes a book on Transparency in the Family Courts – Publicity and Privacy in Practice

    25th Apr 2018Read more
  • Article

    Quintessentially Transparent?

    12th Apr 2018Read more
  • news

    Transparency in the Family Courts

    10th Apr 2018Read more
  • Article

    Transparency in the family court

    1st Apr 2018Read more
  • Article

    Crisis in care – crisis in confidence?

    4th Mar 2018Read more
  • Article

    The role of transparency in rebuilding public trust and confidence

    4th Mar 2018Read more
  • Article

    Crisis in care - crisis in confidence?

    4th Mar 2018Read more
  • Article

    Privacy versus Accountability in the Family Courts

    12th Feb 2018Read more
  • news

    St John’s Chambers family & divorce team host the first in their series of free training events

    23rd Jan 2018Read more
  • Article

    Reporting Watch Update

    7th Jan 2018Read more
  • Article

    Transparency Project News: Correction requests and complaints

    3rd Jan 2018Read more
  • Article

    Transparency Project News: The President’s Guidance – three years later

    3rd Jan 2018Read more
  • Article

    Transparency Project News: Reporting family courts

    3rd Jan 2018Read more
  • Article

    Transparency Project News: Correction requests and complaints

    3rd Jan 2018Read more
  • news

    St John’s Chambers family & divorce team achieves a Band 1 ranking as a set for the Western Circuit in Chambers and Partners UK 2018

    17th Nov 2017Read more
  • Article

    Transparency Project News: Legal bloggers – a level playing field?

    15th Nov 2017Read more
  • Article

    Transparency Project News: Legal bloggers – a level playing field?

    15th Nov 2017Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed appears on BBC Two’s Victoria Derbyshire show

    2nd Oct 2017Read more
  • news

    Barrister Lucy Reed speaks about transparency in the family justice system on Radio 4’s Today Programme

    24th Mar 2017Read more
  • news

    Lord Justice McFarlane delivers ground breaking speech considering the balance between human rights and child protection

    16th Mar 2017Read more
  • news

    In our discussion of domestic violence cases, we have forgotten the other kind of victim

    12th Jan 2017Read more
  • Article

    In our discussion of domestic violence cases, we have forgotten the other kind of victim

    11th Jan 2017Read more
  • Article

    Why are we still waiting for transparency in the family courts?

    22nd Jun 2016Read more
  • Article

    Press Reporting of Care Proceedings

    14th Jan 2016Read more
  • Article

    Press reporting of care proceedings

    1st Jan 2016Read more
  • Article

    Why can’t we be clear about transparency in the Family Courts?

    17th Sep 2015Read more
  • Article

    In child protection cases, healthy scepticism too often turns to dangerous distrust

    14th Aug 2015Read more
  • Article

    How legal aid cuts scupper physical or sexual abuse cases in the family courts

    16th Jul 2015Read more
  • Article

    Section 98 of the Children Act 1989: bad or just misunderstood?

    26th Jun 2014Read more
  • Article

    Giving litigants in person a helping hand

    23rd Jun 2014Read more
  • Article

    How to avoid humiliation when you’re cross examined in court

    6th Dec 2012Read more
  • Article

    Why Clare’s Law won’t prevent domestic violence

    1st Jul 2011Read more
  • Article

    Section 91(14) Orders – a never ending story?

    3rd Jun 2011Read more
  • Article

    Ignore the warnings about legal aid changes and risk meltdown in courts

    1st Jun 2011Read more
  • Article

    Publication of information in children matters – children schools & Families Act 2010

    1st Jun 2010Read more
  • Article

    North v North: Revisiting periodical payments

    1st Aug 2007Read more
  • Article

    Placement, Assessment & Adoption Overseas after A (A child)

    3rd Aug 2005Read more
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