by reporting watch team | Jul 18, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
We’ve written about Charlie’s case before. This is an update, focusing mainly on recent developments, and recent press coverage and social media comment on the case, much of which has been misleading or poorly informed. The current situation There was a...
by Polly Morgan | Jul 12, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Today’s Supreme Court decision in Walker v Innospec is a decision that will make a huge difference to married or civilly partnered gay and lesbian couples as they get older. It stops pension schemes from paying the surviving spouse of same-sex married or civilly...
by Allan Norman | Jul 5, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
As is now well-known, Charlie Gard’s case reached the end of its legal road last week, when the European Court of Human Rights decided that his case, and the case brought on his behalf by his parents, was inadmissible. At the same time, it decided that the...
by Guest Post | Jul 3, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Court of Protection
This is a guest post by Jenny Kitzinger, Professor at Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, and Celia Kitzinger, Professor in Sociology, University of York, co-founders of the Coma and Disorders of Consciousness Research Centre @CDOCuk...
by reporting watch team | Jul 3, 2017 | Analysis, 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 COURTS CASES Inaccurate, misleading or distorting ...
by reporting watch team | Jul 2, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
We last wrote about the case of Charlie Gard when the European Court was still considering Charlie’s parents’ application. Since then the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have rejected the application as inadmissible (decision here), meaning that the...
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