nottingham did run the whole interview, which also appeared on the bbc website, to the approval of andy brockmanhe 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 500,000 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, 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 child