by Lucy R | May 1, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
We’ve already written a really long blog post about our struggles to obtain some clarification about an item appearing in the mainstream media concerning children removed from grandparents by a judge who apparently failed to give reasons for her decision. You...
by Lucy R | Apr 24, 2017 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
We apologise in advance. It began with a simple question, but this is a bit of a shaggy dog story…Bear with us. On 2 April, The Sunday Telegraph ran an item about a case in which a child “was taken away from her grandparents and put into foster care after...
by Lucy R | Mar 16, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
We wrote about Christopher Booker’s recent piece : In Britain’s secretive family courts, the lawyers always win, in a blog post : Just add this one to the pile… We’ve now followed this up with a complaint to The Telegraph via their complaints...
by Lucy R | Mar 3, 2017 | Consultations
The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) consultation on their Editor’s Code has just closed. We have submitted a response to that consultation. You can read our response to the consultation here. The response is a collaborative effort, but thanks go...
by Lucy R | Mar 2, 2017 | Cases, FCReportingWatch
We have been looking at transparency issues in connection with the regulation of social workers, in light of a case where a family court made very serious findings against 3 social workers. On the face of it, these findings would amount to serious professional...
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