📢Looking for a reporter to cover your family court case? Our new interactive platform, Courting Coverage, is now live. Click any region on the map for a list of journalists covering cases in that area. tinyurl.com/2jmd9c4x Via @garethtbij.bsky.social

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NEW: The impact of domestic abuse could be given greater weight in the family courts when it comes to deciding financial settlements after a relationship ends as part of wide-ranging reforms put out to consultation by the government. tinyurl.com/3sz835n3

NEW: A rule change making it "practically impossible" for the family courts to instruct unregulated experts will take effect on 20 July. This is a significant moment after years of parents, lawyers, MPs, charities and others raising safeguarding concerns. tinyurl.com/mnvjpjby

📢Despite progress to make it easier for the media to report on the family courts there is still a dearth of coverage in this area. That is why @tbij.bsky.social is launching a new initiative linking those wanting their cases covered with journalists.Via @garethtbij.bsky.social ➡️ tinyurl.com/4yztnmnf

It’s rare that we get to hear directly from the young people caught in the middle of family court disputes. So it was a privilege to interview Dylan* about his six-year separation from his mother after an unregulated psychologist advised she'd 'alienated' him from his father. 🧵

Lord Justice Stephen Cobb has been appointed as President of the Family Division of England and Wales. He succeeds Sir Andrew McFarlane who retired on 13 April. tinyurl.com/59htxj8d

Appointment of the President of the Family Division: 23 April 2026

His Majesty The King has been pleased to approve the appointment of The Rt Hon Lord Justice Stephen Cobb as the President of the Family Division. This appointment follows the retirement of Sir Andrew ...

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Today @tbij.bsky.social has launched a crowdfunding campaign to support our work tackling climate misinformation. All donations to our @biggive.bsky.social campaign made up until April 29 will be matched, like for like, by the platform

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Just watched a Cafcass officer repeatedly insist that a child being taken from their mum without warning & barred from seeing her for months, is not “traumatic” but merely “puzzling and confusing”. Child was placed with their dad, whom they said had physically mistreated them.

I've spent the past 4 months investigating one of the worst safeguarding failures in the shadow care system, where hundreds of kids live in illegal children's homes. My report for @tbij.bsky.social 1/2👇 www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

Two ex-soldiers abused a vulnerable 15-year-old in an illegal…

Ordeal came after Caerphilly council sent a vulnerable girl 300 miles away to an unregistered home staffed by convicted criminals

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I interviewed a remarkable young woman, Florence*, for @tbij.bsky.social who spoke to me about her experience of the family courts and her efforts to bring her own legal challenge after being removed from her mother's care at the age of 10. tinyurl.com/4nxdst55 (1/9)

A council sent a highly vulnerable girl to an illegal children's home staffed by criminals They plied her with alcohol and drugs and sexually abused her Vital reporting by @tomwall.bsky.social for @tbij.bsky.social

Two ex-soldiers abused a vulnerable 15-year-old in an illegal…

Ordeal came after Caerphilly council sent a vulnerable girl 300 miles away to an unregistered home staffed by convicted criminals

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Child focused courts (previously called the pathfinder courts) will be expanded nationally in "game changer" for family justice. A successful pilot of the new 'problem solving' model has been credited with reducing delays and better safeguarding children. tinyurl.com/264x9nb4

What does the President's 'Re Y' judgment mean for the family courts? My analysis for @tbij.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mr36v98k

Have we seen the last of unregulated psychologists in the family courts? My report on McFarlane's landmark judgment, Re Y. He says his ruling is not just about one person (Melanie Gill) but a whole system that failed to protect the children in this case. tinyurl.com/mvpbjjfs

I keep hearing that the rise of the populist right is one of the biggest threats to the climate. Watching Trump’s second term it’s hard to disagree So @tbij.bsky.social looked at what councils controlled by Reform UK are doing on climate What we found was pretty shocking

Reform’s local councils are bringing climate denial into the…

Top polling party’s moves to ‘undeclare’ the climate emergency and scrap net zero targets could be a sign of things to come

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www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb... by @hansummers.bsky.social also now reported in @theguardian.com Will other cases be reviewed?

UK mother separated from children for years has ‘draconian’ order overturned

Flawed evidence by psychologist Melanie Gill was used to remove children from woman in 2019

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A mother whose children were taken by the family court has been vindicated after a 6 yr struggle to have evidence from an unregulated psychologist overturned. The advice of Melanie Gill led to "draconian" orders terminating her relationship with her kids. My report here 👉 tinyurl.com/ypp99rka

Thurrock warns Liam Kavanagh is not ‘off the hook’, as council report points to £200m investment loss New by me for @tbij.bsky.social

Thurrock chasing Liam Kavanagh over £200m solar scandal

Council is actively pursuing businessman who pocketed millions after failed investments

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The family court will not carry out a wholesale review of cases involving the unregulated psychologist, Melanie Gill, @tbij.bsky.social can reveal. Meanwhile mothers who had their children taken away after Gill gave evidence in their cases demand a public apology. tinyurl.com/595ah2e5

Excellent reporting from my colleagues @garethtbij.bsky.social and @tomwall.bsky.social on illegal children's homes which are being paid millions in public money to accommodate vulnerable kids despite lack of proper safeguards and checks. tinyurl.com/yvxj28ru

Illegal children’s homes: company that let child sleep on floor…

Ofsted suspended GMT after visiting a dilapidated and unsafe home. Yet its operators are still providing care for vulnerable children

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The former chair of the Criminal Bar Association, Jo Sidhu KC, has failed in his appeal against being disbarred after three charges of professional misconduct relating to inappropriate sexual behaviour were found against him. tinyurl.com/3sazzzpe

As parents, we're supposed to remember the first time we did stuff with our kids, but the last time is equally as significant, if not more. This poem is from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...

Minister to give update on X amid deepfake row

Minister to give update on X amid deepfake row

Minister to give update on X amid deepfake row

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NEW: Six years ago today a boy was removed from his mother's care by the family court and banned from seeing her following the evidence of an unregulated psychologist. Now they will spend Christmas together after his successful legal bid to the high court. tinyurl.com/4suja87n

A boy taken away from his mother on the advice of unregulated psychologist Melanie Gill has won the right to spend Christmas with her for the first time in six years More incredible impact from @tbij.bsky.social's @hansummers.bsky.social www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...

Mother and son reunited for Christmas six years after ‘draconian’…

Boy was taken from his mother’s care as nine-year-old on advice of unregulated expert Melanie Gill

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Family court cases have the potential to change lives – and yet investment in court reporting has significantly dropped We’re filling the gaps left behind by other newsrooms

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We believe good journalism should be accessible to everyone – so we don’t put our investigations behind paywalls or fill our website with ads But our resources are limited and we need your support That's why today we’re launching our Big Give Christmas crowdfunder