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A gifted child in a psychiatric unit – should we be worried about this case?

by reporting watch team | May 22, 2017 | Cases, FCReportingWatch

Christopher Booker’s Sunday column this week features a teenage boy who is apparently detained in a hospital against the wishes of his family and himself. See A gifted child in a psychiatric unit is madness (premium content, scroll down once logged in). The case...
Decision to place a child with prospective adopters is unlawful because unfair

Decision to place a child with prospective adopters is unlawful because unfair

by reporting watch team | May 22, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

R (On the Application Of EL) v Essex County Council [2017] EWHC 1041 (Admin) (08 May 2017) is a judicial review decision about a decision by a local authority to place a child for adoption, under a placement order granted by the Family Court. Because this is a...
Separating the divorce from the money bit

Separating the divorce from the money bit

by reporting watch team | May 21, 2017 | FCReportingWatch

When married couples and civil partners separate there are two (or three) parts to the legal arrangements : getting divorced (called dissolution if you are in a civil partnership), sorting out the money, and sorting out arrangements for any children. The way the law...
Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup

Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup

by reporting watch team | May 20, 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 COURTS CASES    As yet unclear Police...
Police investigating drug testing lab that carried out tests for the Family Court

Police investigating drug testing lab that carried out tests for the Family Court

by reporting watch team | May 20, 2017 | Cases, FCReportingWatch

There have been news reports recently about failures at a forensic lab in Manchester, which was used for forensic testing in criminal cases. It was reported earlier this month that “Scores of convictions [are] in doubt amid forensic test manipulation...
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