by Lucy R | Oct 11, 2017 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
Eastenders has recently run a story line about child protection. It hasn’t gone down very well with social workers, with many newspapers covering the criticism of it along the lines set out in The Daily Mail here : Viewers have slammed an...
by Lucy R | Oct 3, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
“Delayed adoption is sure to damage a child”, writes Clare Foges for The Times (paywall). “Attempting to place children with family members has stalled the process to an alarming extent” says the subheader. Here we go again. For children who...
by Lucy R | Sep 16, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
As long ago as April a number of lawyers began asking questions to clarify public criticisms made by John Hemming about a case dealt with in the family court. This week John Hemming has published a blog post which appears to be an(other) attempt to answer some of our...
by Lucy R | Aug 26, 2017 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
An anonymous family court adviser (CAFCASS Officer) wrote an article for the Guardian this week: What I’m really thinking: the family court adviser. The strapline reads “Both parents are usually adamant that the other is a complete nightmare”. That is a...
by Lucy R | Aug 23, 2017 | Transparency News
The President of the Family Division speaks formally and informally at many events and conferences up and down the country on a regular basis. Not all such speeches are published. This post is drawn from remarks of The President that have not been published, but The...
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