by reporting watch team | Aug 18, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
This is a sad and unsatisfactory story. In November last year, the Court of Appeal allowed an appeal brought by an unnamed social worker and an unnamed police officer against findings of an unnamed judge against them. The unusual feature of the case was that neither...
by Julie Doughty | Aug 13, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation
The answer to the question is yes, in very limited circumstances and where no harm can be shown as likely to the children. In Southend Borough Council v CO and DW [2017] EWHC 1949 (Fam), reported on BAILII last month, the High Court judge decided not to order parents...
by reporting watch team | Aug 1, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Trends
We wrote earlier today about a Guardian article that suggested that there had been 10 cases like Charlie Gard’s so far this year (18 last year), and that they were being dealt with in secret. You can read that post here : Are there other cases like Charlie’s? We...
by Barbara Rich | Aug 1, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
This post was originally posted on the morning of 1 August 2017 as a chronological update of developments in the case since we posted our last update on 18 July. In the light of a comment in response, we thought it would be helpful to extend it to cover the whole of...
by reporting watch team | Aug 1, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Trends
The Guardian reports there have been : Ten cases like Charlie Gard’s heard in English courts this year saying that “figures emerge as debate grows over merits of legal secrecy and high-profile public campaigns”. The Guardian says that the figures...
by reporting watch team | Jul 30, 2017 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
The Independent Press Standards Organisation have recently published the “Resolution Statement” in respect of our complaint about an article by The Telegraph’s Christopher Booker regarding Court of Protection proceedings concerning the now deceased...
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