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Fact checking across the universe….
As the song goes : Fact checking across the universe On the Starship Booker in search of the truth re Kirk Fact checking across the universe Only going forward to IPSO if he won't amend his words Lt. Uhura, report. There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow,...
Plea to wait before blaming parents over baby injuries
Last week we wrote about the case of baby Effie, a baby diagnosed with the rare Ehler's Danloss Syndrome IV, who had been returned to the care of her parents following a family court hearing. Our blog post is here : Baby removed from parents over ‘abuse’ is found to...
IPSO No-Facto
IPSO have rejected our complaint about Christopher Booker's 11 March article concerning legal aid in Human Rights Act claims running in family proceedings. We had promised to publish the details of the complaint once the process had completed. We have asked IPSO to...
The shaggy dog story continues…
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 can read...
Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup
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 Worst headline - The...
‘Couple awarded anonymity after breaching child contact order’
This was the headline in The Brief (Times legal e-newsletter) today. It relates to this case : Middlesbrough Borough Council v M & Ors [2016] EWFC 71 (08 December 2016) Let's be up front about this : the headline is plain rubbish. Now let's explain why... The...
Baby removed from parents over ‘abuse’ is found to have rare bruising condition
News reports are emerging today about a case of suspected non-accidental injury where the child was found to have a rare condition called Ehlers Danloss Syndrome (EDS) that could have accounted for the injuries. ITV report the case here : Baby removed from parents...
A simple question…
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 they...
Christopher Booker’s St George’s Day Myth
[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...
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children -v- Gard
This is a post by Emma Nottingham, Transparency Project member, for Family Court Reporting Watch: Facts The tragic case of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children v Gard was heard in the High Court Family Division last week. The case concerned an...