Tafida Raqeeb Case: Day 4 in the High Court

by Emma Nottingham | Sep 13, 2019 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging

As mentioned in my first blog post this week, there are two cases being heard. The first three days heard the first case, which was an application for judicial review. This application was made by Tafida’s parents to consider the legality of the decision of the...

Tafida Raqeeb Case: Day 3 in the High Court

by Emma Nottingham | Sep 11, 2019 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging

The facts of the case and summaries of day 1 and 2 can be viewed here: Tafida Raqeeb: First Day of the High Court Case Tafida Raqeeb Case: Day 2 in the High Court. Day 3 of the hearing continued with Katie Gollop QC’s submissions for Barts NHS Health Trust. She...

Tafida Raqeeb: First Day of the High Court Case

by Emma Nottingham | Sep 9, 2019 | Cases, Explanation, Legal blogging

Described by counsel as ‘every parent’s worst nightmare’, the 9th September 2019 marked the first day of the Tafida Raqeeb case. I set out to attend under the legal bloggers pilot alongside accredited journalists though in fact the first day of the hearing was held in...

Giving birth and the Court of Protection

by reporting watch team | Sep 2, 2019 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust v X [2019] EWCOP 35 This is a guest post from Victoria Butler Cole QC (@TorButlerCole). Every year, there are a handful of applications to the Court of Protection to authorise delivery a baby by caesarean section against the...

The danger of crusades

by Lucy R | Aug 30, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

In the last few months, the Daily Express has been running a ‘Crusade’ (their label) with the banner ‘End This Injustice’. Under this banner they have published a number of accounts from mothers who tell of abuse at the hands of the fathers of...

An example of why headlines matter

by Lucy R | Aug 18, 2019 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

We have seen a number of reports dealing with the sad story of a young father called Christopher Brown who took his own life by hanging. The reports follow a Coroner’s Inquest into the death and most have similar copy which suggest they are based upon a single...