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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 COURT CASES The Times and the Telegraph - Polly Morgan...
Adopted children – demons or angels?
We are hearing a lot this week about the virtues of the free press, but some journalists never seem to tire of advocating social engineering and labelling children as either demons or angels (rather than individual human beings). This blog post is about four recent...
A genius from another planet?
The Telegraph reported just before Christmas that : Millionaire seeks greater share in divorce because he is a 'genius', prompting court to examine the meaning of the word The case is one involving a multimillionaire financier who is unhappy with the equal...
Family Court Reporting Watch
Weekly Round Up 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 REPORTS OF FAMILY COURTS CASES The Daily Mail...
The Stolen Children of England – Maggie Mellon’s Response
This is a guest post written by social worker Maggie Mellon, in response to blog posts by Sarah Phillimore previously published on this blog here and here. As with Sarah's posts, this post is a comment piece and represents the views of the author, not necessarily that...
Guardian report that a ‘radical trial’ of family court hearings in public is about to be announced
“Certain family court hearings to take place in public in radical trial” claimed the Guardian headline on the night before Christmas Eve. “James Munby, head of high court’s family division, to continue far-reaching reforms to bring more transparency to the system”...
‘England’s Stolen Children’ – Another missed opportunity.
INTRODUCTION This is a post divided into two parts. The first part is a summary of my analysis of the French documentary ‘England’s Stolen Children’ which first aired in France in November 2016. The second part is my attempt to transcribe it. The producer sent...
Ex-MP says ‘open justice’ rules ‘must be followed to the letter’
The Press Association have covered a case concerning the potential committal to prison of a Polish woman involved in care proceedings, it appears for publication of information concerning her child via an interview with Polish media which was aired in Poland and...
The GD the BD and the very very ugly
Mr Justice Cobb's judgment in the case of GD & BD (Children) (Rev 1) [2016] EWHC 3312 (Fam) (20 December 2016) was published this week. It has already been described by Suesspicious Minds blog as the worst case of 2016, not without good reason. It is a...
Girl’s rape claim upheld in Leeds despite prior no-trial decision
This headline ran in The Guardian on Monday. You can read the article here : Girl's rape claim upheld in Leeds despite prior no-trial decision The article explains that although a decision had earlier been taken not to prosecute through the criminal courts, the Family...