by reporting watch team | Oct 22, 2016 | FCReportingWatch
• Correcting, clarifying and commenting on media reports of family cases • Explaining and commenting on published Judgments of family cases • Highlighting other transparency news MEDIA REPORTS OF FAMILY COURTS CASES: ‘Judge orders boy, seven, to...
by reporting watch team | Oct 21, 2016 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This week Christopher Booker, chose this as his topic for his Sunday Telegraph column : The terrifying tale of how Britain’s most secret court imprisoned a grandmother This is of course a very worrying headline. The article itself is also likely to...
by reporting watch team | Oct 20, 2016 | FCReportingWatch
There have been four adverts for adoptive parents for children in the Mirror this week with another due tomorrow for ‘National Adoption Week’. They are here: ‘Will you be my forever parents?’ Heartbreaking story of boy who wants to be adopted’;...
by Paul M | Oct 17, 2016 | Comment, Transparency News
There are many things wrong with the way the national press reports legal matters, especially matters relating to the Family Court and the Court of Protection. But they are not going to get better unless and until the so-called regulator, IPSO, takes firmer action to...
by Julie Doughty | Oct 15, 2016 | Cases, Court of Protection
In the words of the song, the ‘secret’ Court of Protection is ‘no secret anymore’ because since January 2016, hearings are held in open court, unless the circumstances are exceptional. Applications for committal for contempt are always held in...
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