Charlie Gard Update

by reporting watch team | Jul 2, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

We last wrote about the case of Charlie Gard when the European Court was still considering Charlie’s parents’ application. Since then the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have rejected the application as inadmissible (decision here), meaning that the...

An Example Of A McKenzie Friend Who Didn’t Help Anyone

by reporting watch team | Jun 29, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

In the judgment from a case called H (Children : exclusion of Mckenzie friend) [2017] EWFC B31 (05 March 2017), Her Honour Judge Atkinson sets out in detail, why permission to appeal an order banning a paid McKenzie friend from “helping” a mother involved...

Correction Requests Update

by reporting watch team | Jun 18, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

We recently made a further complaint to The Telegraph about Christopher Booker’s coverage of the case of Re H (A Child) (Interim Care Order : fact finding) [2017] EWHC 518 (Fam) on 21 May (you can read the post about that complaint here). We have now heard back...

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children -v- Gard – further update

by Emma Nottingham | Jun 13, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

European Court delays case until Monday 19th June The Human Rights Court (European Court of Human Rights or ECHR) has stated that Charlie’s Gard’s life support must continue until midnight on Monday 19th June. The parents now have more time to put together a legal...

Complaint to The Telegraph (another one)

by reporting watch team | Jun 13, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

Below is the text of a complaint submitted to The Telegraph today about Mr Booker’s reporting of H (A Child), Re (Interim Care Order : fact finding) [2017] EWHC 518 (Fam), which we don’t think is accurate. It is frustrating that we have to keep making such...

The Supreme Court Is Wrong on Charlie Gard and Withdrawal of Treatment

by Allan Norman | Jun 12, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

In the matter of Charlie Gard – Permission to appeal hearing [here]. [Other posts on our blog about this case can be found here] This is a case with intense poignancy. Charlie Gard is so seriously ill that it appears undisputed that he will never lead a full...