Article: Cautious moves to open up family law hearings

Article: Domestic violence behind nearly half of Family Law ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Another quarter of the 20,000 family law cases last year involved custodybattles ... figures were detailed in a report called Family Law Matters, released bythe Courts Service. And the large volume of family law cases coming before the courts isthreatening ...

Article: Reporting of family law cases may be possible
The Irish Times;  May 29, 2009 ;     700+ words ...A BAN on media coverage of family law cases could be circumvented ... are banned from reporting any family law proceedings under the in camera ... presented to the board of the Courts Service this week, the Family Law Reporting Project Committee ...

Article: Wife 'sexually assaulted with gun' in family law's ...
Evening Herald (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  April 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... assaulted with gun' in family law's most disturbing claims ... threatened at gunpoint. The Family Law Matters journal, published ... an initiative of the Courts Service to inform the public ... about the work of the Family Law courts. One appeal case ...

Article: Pellets from toy gun strike judge at family law ...
The Irish Times;  September 18, 2009 ;     531 words ... ... Tuesday. The incident occurred during a family law hearing before Judge John Neilan ... statements from the bench. Last year the Courts Service took the unusual step of issuing a ... response to remarks he had made about the Courts Service management and staff in which he described ...

Article: 2,100 care case kids.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  July 10, 2007 ;     321 words ... ... report showed yesterday. In its second review of family law the Courts Service reported there are 5,060 youngsters either fostered ... before the courts are extremely vulnerable. The Family Law Matters report compiled by Dr Carol Coulter noted ...

Article: Dramatic increase in number of drug and assault cases
The Irish Times;  July 24, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Court, according to the Courts Service annual report. The document ... struck out or acquitted. On family law matters, the Courts Service report showed no significant ... District Court Source: Courts Service annual report 2008

Article: Judge slates shameful neglect that leaves 5,000 children in ...
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  July 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Judge Gibbons, whose remarks were published in Family Law Matters, a courts service initiative to shed light on the operation of Ireland's secretive family law courts. ''A case as tragic as Victoria Climbie ...