by Barbara Rich | Aug 1, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
This post was originally posted on the morning of 1 August 2017 as a chronological update of developments in the case since we posted our last update on 18 July. In the light of a comment in response, we thought it would be helpful to extend it to cover the whole of...
by Barbara Rich | Jul 23, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder was on Radio 3 as I drove across London a week or so ago. It’s music I’ve always found nearly unbearable to listen to, because it’s about the death of children. The poems Mahler set to music were written by the 19th century German poet...
by Barbara Rich | Apr 23, 2017 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
[UPDATE 21 Jun 17 : Following the involvement of IPSO The Sunday Telegraph have agreed to correct factual inaccuracies in the column referred to below, and have published a statement of clarification. See here] The end of the “astonishing story” of Teresa Kirk and the...
by Barbara Rich | Feb 20, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
On 14 February 2017, the Daily Mail reported on developments in a Court of Protection case that it has been following for some time: “an astonishing story that has come to represent all that is wrong with Britain’s shadowy Court of Protection.” The story is that of...
by Barbara Rich | Feb 14, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
The judgment : In the Matter of an Application by Denise Brewster for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2017] UKSC 8 The history It’s impossible not to feel sympathy for Denise Brewster’s shattering transition from celebrating her engagement to mourning her...
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