by reporting watch team | Jun 24, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Last week, the Court of Appeal heard yet another case where a birth parent was trying to get an adoption order set aside. The three children in Re I-A are, unusually but very fortunately, all living together in one adoptive family, following care and placement orders...
by Lucy R | Jun 20, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Four years ago we wrote about news reports of a police investigation into a drug testing lab that had carried out tests for the Family Court : Police investigating drug testing lab that carried out tests for the Family Court The issue was that some of the tests...
by Julie D | May 26, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Three years ago, eyebrows were raised when Mr Justice Mostyn stated in the case of GM v Carmarthenshire County Council & Anor [2018] EWFC 36 that use of attachment theory by a social worker was not ‘expert’ evidence and that he didn’t need a social worker to...
by Julie D | May 13, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
It’s well known that adoption orders made in England and Wales cannot be ‘unmade’. That is partly why they are sometimes described as extreme, draconian or ‘the last resort’ if made against birth parents’ wishes. We have written about this, and the very few...
by Julie D | May 6, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This case was an application by a birth mother for permission to appeal against a decision in the High Court that had refused her leave to apply to oppose an adoption order – Re S (A Child) [2021] EWCA Civ 605. Basically, she is asking the Court of Appeal to say the...
by Alice T | Apr 25, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Welcome to this month’s Roundup, where we correct, clarify and comment on media reports of family court cases, explain and comment on published family court judgments and highlight other transparency news MEDIA COVERAGE OF FAMILY COURT MATTERS The Express...
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