The GD the BD and the very very ugly

by reporting watch team | Dec 21, 2016 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

Mr Justice Cobb’s judgment in the case of GD & BD (Children) (Rev 1) [2016] EWHC 3312 (Fam) (20 December 2016) was published this week. It has already been described by Suesspicious Minds blog as the worst case of 2016, not without good reason. It...

The Inquest into Ellie Butler’s death

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...

Why the Court of Appeal released a grandmother imprisoned for disobeying orders of the Court of Protection

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...

Could do better – a self-fulfilling prophecy about parental fear

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...

Enemies of Transparency: Newspaper Stories & The Court of Protection

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...

Former MP John Hemming urges appeals court to look in to case of teenager related to public figure

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...