by reporting watch team | Dec 21, 2016 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This headline ran in The Guardian on Monday. You can read the article here : Girl’s rape claim upheld in Leeds despite prior no-trial decision The article explains that although a decision had earlier been taken not to prosecute through the criminal courts, the...
by reporting watch team | Dec 12, 2016 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
It is reported that the Senior Coroner responsible for the inquest into the death of Ellie Butler, first opened in November 2013 shortly after Ellie’s death, has decided to reopen the inquiry and potentially to call the High Court Judge who authorised her return...
by reporting watch team | Dec 7, 2016 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Some time ago we wrote about the case of Mrs Kirk, a woman imprisoned for breaking orders made in the Court of Protection. She had taken an elderly and incapacitated man “M” to a care home in Portugal and refused to bring him back when ordered (or more...
by Paul M | Dec 4, 2016 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, Transparency News
This week the Court of Protection, sitting in Manchester, has been hearing a case about a policeman, Paul Briggs, whose wife, Lindsey Briggs has applied to the court for withdrawal of life-prolonging treatment (the feeding tube) that she no longer believes is in her...
by Paul M | Nov 27, 2016 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
A recent article in the Daily Telegraph claimed that “Record numbers of people trusted to look after the finances of those lacking the mental capacity to do so are being struck off by the authorities.” The article’s headline was even more stark: “Financial abuse...
by reporting watch team | Nov 26, 2016 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
A Judgment of HHJ Bellamy in Leicester has been published recently, which looks at the crucial differences between placing a child at home under a care order versus placing a child at home under a supervision order. As it is a judgment of a Circuit Judge it is not...
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