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 reporting watch team | Nov 23, 2016 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Parents of transgender children fear their ex-partners will sue them for custody of their children after the high court ruled that a seven year old child who identified as transgender should be removed from the care of their mother. Apparently. Except that fear (which...
by reporting watch team | Nov 13, 2016 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
This is a guest post written by Barbara Rich. Barbara is a barrister and mediator specialising in inheritance and trusts and Court of Protection property and affairs cases. She tweets as @BarbaraRich_law. The Daily Mail’s 4 November 2016 front page describing the...
by Lucy R | Aug 9, 2016 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, Notorious
A story under this headline appeared on the Your Local Guardian site on 8 August : Former MP John Hemming urges appeals court to look in to case of teenager related to public figure. It suggests that ex-MP John Hemming is going to be launching an appeal to the Court...
by Lucy R | Aug 6, 2016 | Cases, Comment, Notorious
Child killer’s £2m legal aid: How taxpayers funded Ellie Butler’s warped father’s battle for custody of the little girl he went on to murder Ben Butler, 36, was given a ‘blank cheque’ by taxpayers to fund his lawyers Ellie’s loving...
by Lucy R | Jul 29, 2016 | Cases, Explanation, Notorious
We have previously written about the tragic case of Ellie Butler a number of times on this blog : Ellie Butler – drawing together some strands and discussions Ellie Butler – some useful resources Lessons from the Ellie Butler Case Lucy Reed also wrote a...
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