by reporting watch team | Nov 7, 2016 | Explanation, FCReportingWatch
There has been coverage in The Times and The Telegraph this week about a husband and wife who wish to adopt their foster children but have been told they can’t, because of their views about gay adoption. We thought it would be useful to give a brief explanation...
by reporting watch team | Oct 30, 2016 | FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
The press reported this week that an appeal involving Essex County Council was the first to be routed through the High Court, under new rules that have diverted some appeals from the Court of Appeal to High Court judges as a result of the Court of Appeal having an...
by reporting watch team | Oct 29, 2016 | FCReportingWatch
• Correcting, clarifying and commenting on media reports of family court cases • Explaining and commenting on published Judgments of family cases • Highlighting other transparency news MEDIA REPORTS OF FAMILY COURTS CASES The Sun followed the Mirror in...
by reporting watch team | Oct 26, 2016 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch
The Children And Social Work Bill is going through Parliament at present. It has been controversial due to parts which some have said would allow social services to be privatised and which could remove current safeguards. This post is about another aspect of the Bill,...
by reporting watch team | Oct 22, 2016 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
The Court of Appeal has clarified the question of how courts should deal with cases where one parent takes a child to live in a distant part of the country without the agreement of the other. The case is Re R (Child) [2016] EWCA Civ 1016 (20 October 2016) and the full...
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