by Lucy R | May 1, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
We’ve already written a really long blog post about our struggles to obtain some clarification about an item appearing in the mainstream media concerning children removed from grandparents by a judge who apparently failed to give reasons for her decision. You...
by reporting watch team | Apr 27, 2017 | Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This was the headline in The Brief (Times legal e-newsletter) today. It relates to this case : Middlesbrough Borough Council v M & Ors [2016] EWFC 71 (08 December 2016) Let’s be up front about this : the headline is plain rubbish. Now let’s explain...
by reporting watch team | Apr 27, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
News reports are emerging today about a case of suspected non-accidental injury where the child was found to have a rare condition called Ehlers Danloss Syndrome (EDS) that could have accounted for the injuries. ITV report the case here : Baby removed from parents...
by Lucy R | Apr 24, 2017 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
We apologise in advance. It began with a simple question, but this is a bit of a shaggy dog story…Bear with us. On 2 April, The Sunday Telegraph ran an item about a case in which a child “was taken away from her grandparents and put into foster care after...
by Barbara Rich | Apr 23, 2017 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
[UPDATE 21 Jun 17 : Following the involvement of IPSO The Sunday Telegraph have agreed to correct factual inaccuracies in the column referred to below, and have published a statement of clarification. See here] The end of the “astonishing story” of Teresa Kirk and the...
by Emma Nottingham | Apr 22, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch
This is a post by Emma Nottingham, Transparency Project member, for Family Court Reporting Watch: Facts The tragic case of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children v Gard was heard in the High Court Family Division last week. The case concerned an...
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