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Courts over her career, and shejoins me now. thank you so much for coming on newswatch, sanchia. why is it so important forjournalists to report from family courts? well, judges say that we no longer have the death penalty in england and wales, the family courts retain the most drastic powers of any court because they can take action to separate a child forever from its birth family, from its parents through adoption. they can also make a serious impact on family lives by taking children away, putting them into care, and they also make these critical decisions in what are called private law cases, where parents are separating, they cannot agree on where the children should go and the court will decide where they go. so, as you said, they involve hundreds of thousands of people every year but, until now, reporters haven t been allowed in, so there has been very little scrutiny. occasionally, very exceptionally, we ve been able to report cases. but this pilot in three court centres lee ....
Have the death penalty in england and wales, the family courts retain the most drastic powers of any court because they can take action to separate a child forever from its birth family, from its parents through adoption. they can also make a serious impact on family lives by taking children away, putting them into care, and they also make these critical decisions in what are called private law cases, where parents are separating, they cannot agree on where the children should go and the court will decide where they go. so, as you said, they involve hundreds of thousands of people every year but, until now, reporters haven t been allowed in, so there has been very little scrutiny. occasionally, very exceptionally, we ve been able to report cases. but this pilot in three court centres leeds, cardiff and carlisle should allow us to follow cases in an entirely different way. and of course, the other big thing about these family courts and care cases, particularly, is there have been a ....
Extensively on the family courts over her career, and shejoins me now. thank you so much for coming on newswatch, sanjay. thank you so much for coming on newswatch,. why is it so important forjournalists to report from family courts? well, judges say that now we no longer have the death penalty. in england and wales, the family courts retain the most drastic powers of any court because they can take action to separate a child forever from its birth family, from its parents, through adoption. and they can also make a serious impact on family lives by taking children away, putting them into care. and they also make these critical decisions in what are called private law cases where parents are separating. they can t agree on where the children should go and the court will decide where they go. so as you said, they involve hundreds of thousands of people every year. but until now, reporters haven t been allowed in. so there s been very little scrutiny. 0ccasionally, very exceptionally, we ....
Well, judges say that now we no longer have the death penalty in england and wales, the family courts retain the most drastic powers of any court because they can take action to separate a child forever from its birth family, from its parents through adoption. they can also make a serious impact on family lives by taking children away, putting them into care, and they also make these critical decisions in what are called private law cases, where parents are separating, they cannot agree on where the children should go and the court will decide where they go. so, as you said, they involve hundreds of thousands of people every year but, until now, reporters haven t been allowed in, so there has been very little scrutiny. occasionally, very exceptionally, we ve been able to report cases. but this pilot in three court centres leeds, cardiff and carlisle should allow us to follow cases in an entirely different way. and of course, the other big thing about these family courts and care ca ....
In crown courts permitted since 2020, as it is in the supreme court and the court of appeal. and last week saw the start of a pilot scheme, whereby some reporting will be allowed of what happens in family courts a part of the justice system which involves at least half a million people a year. one of the journalists who s going to be taking advantage of the new scheme is the bbc s sanchia berg, who s been reporting extensively on the family courts over her career. shejoins me now. thank you so much for coming on newswatch. why is it so important forjournalists to report from family courts? judges say that we no longer have the death penalty in england and wales, the family courts retain the most drastic powers of any courts because they can take action to separate a child forever from its birth family, from its parents through adoption, they can also make a serious impact on family lives by taking children away, putting them into care. and they also make these critical decisions ....