by Emma Nottingham | Nov 30, 2017 | Cases, Explanation
H (A Child : Surrogacy Breakdown) [2017] EWCA Civ 1798 Judge ordered surrogate mother to hand child over to intended same sex parents The case concerned two couples A and B, male same-sex partners, and C and D, a heterosexual married couple. C and D had 5...
by reporting watch team | Nov 28, 2017 | FCReportingWatch
Correcting, clarifying or commenting on media reports of family court cases Explaining or commenting on published judgments of family court cases Highlighting other transparency news MEDIA (MIS)REPORTS OF FAMILY COURT CASES Community Care – In the...
by reporting watch team | Nov 23, 2017 | Explanation, FCReportingWatch
On 21 November the Ministry of Justice and Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal’s Service issued advice for those concerned about potentially unreliable forensic toxicology (drug) tests in some family cases. The advice also relates to criminal trials, but this post looks...
by reporting watch team | Nov 22, 2017 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
When a child dies, it is often social workers whose names pop up in the press, who are vilified and blamed. Following the recent media attention around the death of adopted Elsie Scully-Hicks (Shayla), this has become a topic of discussion again within the social work...
by reporting watch team | Nov 22, 2017 | Explanation, Transparency News
This was the vexed question posed at the 11th Family Justice Council Annual Debate last night. (The discussion was chaired by the Right Honourable Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division of the High Court and Chairman of the Family Justice Council). Anyone...
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