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...

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

by Emma Nottingham | Jun 11, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

Supreme Court decides that permission to appeal must be refused. Case being considered by Human Rights Court. Earlier posts about this case can be found here and here. The case concerned an eight-month-old child, Charlie Gard, who suffers from Mitochondrial Depletion...

Letter to the Editor of The Sunday Telegraph

by reporting watch team | Jun 10, 2017 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

We wrote to The Sunday Telegraph on 25 May. It doesn’t look as if they are going to publish our letter, so we thought we’d publish it here. You can read related posts here, here and here. dtletters@telegraph.co.uk, stletters@telegraph.co.uk 25 May 2017...

Re J : Unfair Care Orders Overturned on Appeal

by reporting watch team | May 30, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

In Re J (Children) [2017] EWCA Civ 398 (23 May 2017) the Court of Appeal allow an appeal from His Honour Judge Tolson QC, overturning care orders that he had made at an Issues Resolution Hearing (IRH). An IRH is a penultimate hearing, which is generally fixed once all...