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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 COURTS CASES Notably accurate (or otherwise...
Can a love note prove your innocence?
The Daily Mail report today that : Loving note tucked away in a photo album proved parents accused of almost killing their baby did NOT violently shake her This is about baby Effie, who spent several long months away from the care of her loving parents whilst concerns...
Risk assessment of contact after findings of domestic abuse
In MS v MN [2017] EWHC 324 (Fam) Mr Justice Moor allows a mother's appeal against an order that there should be direct contact between the father and his children, where the court had made quite serious findings of domestic violence against him. The judge had failed...
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...