by reporting watch team | Nov 20, 2017 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Mr Justice Moor has today published his judgment about the death of Elsie (known to her biological family as Shayla). You can read the judgment here: The County Council of the City and County of Cardiff -v- Matthew Scully-Hicks and Others. The judgment was written in...
by Lucy R | Nov 15, 2017 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Trends
In August THAT Muslim foster carer story hit the press (‘Christian child forced into foster care’, The Times, 28 August 2017). The Times journalist Andrew Norfolk, lauded for his expose of the Rotherham child sexual abuse scandal, was the subject of...
by reporting watch team | Nov 15, 2017 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Joanna Nicolas wrote recently that Details of care cases are concealed for good reason. The press must respect that (The Guardian, 1 Nov 2017). In her article she said that I believe few journalists write about children’s social care with integrity; few are interested...
by reporting watch team | Nov 12, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Correcting, clarifying or commenting on media reports of family court cases Explaining or commenting on published Judgments of family court cases Highlighting other transparency news MEDIA (MIS)REPORTS OF FAMILY COURT CASES The Times – Tower Hamlets published an...
by reporting watch team | Nov 11, 2017 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
We’ve recently covered a case where a grandmother was permitted by a family court judge to tell of her experience in trying to secure the care of her baby granddaughter from Gloucestershire Council. After conceding that the grandmother ought to be able to tell...
by Louise Tickle | Nov 10, 2017 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
Louise Tickle (award winning journalist and Transparency Project member) on applying to report the grandmother’s experience from ABC (A child) Re [2017] B75 (30 October 2017) and to name the council concerned. (Her original news piece commissioned by the...
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