Baby removed from parents over ‘abuse’ is found to have rare bruising condition

by reporting watch team | Apr 27, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

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...

Christopher Booker’s St George’s Day Myth

by Barbara Rich | Apr 23, 2017 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

[UPDATE 21 Jun 17 : Following the involvement of IPSO The Sunday Telegraph have agreed to correct factual inaccuracies in the column referred to below, and have published a statement of clarification. See here] The end of the “astonishing story” of Teresa Kirk and the...

Too Middle Class to be a Good Mum?

by Sarah P | Apr 18, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story. The klaxon in The Transparency Project bat cave has been set to silent these past few weeks, given the strident frequency with which it had been blaring out. However, requests from concerned readers are still...

Christopher Booker is puzzled

by reporting watch team | Apr 17, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

Christopher Booker is “puzzled” by our “child protection” system, and in particular some things about the Samantha Baldwin case (see : Why are the police so happy to “hunt” innocent parents? in today’s Sunday Telegraph, not...

Good Work Mr Work – but is it GENIUS Work? Nope.

by reporting watch team | Apr 14, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

The case of Work v Gray has been in the news this week, as the Court of Appeal dealt with Mr Work’s attempt to overturn a decision that his wife should get a half share of their fortune. We wrote about it in January here : A genius from another planet? This post...

Re W : a most difficult and concerning case of its type

by reporting watch team | Apr 12, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

Re W is a very long judgment. Re W (A Child) [2017] EWHC 829 (Fam) (06 March 2017) This post is but an outline of it and does not cover the details in full. It is heartbreaking to read, and will have been heartbreaking for W’s parents to hear when delivered last...