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...

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children -v- Gard

by Emma Nottingham | May 27, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children -v- Gard This blog post updates a previous post here  The Court of Appeal has decided that the treatment of Charlie Gard can be withdrawn. The case concerned an eight-month-old child, Charlie Gard, who suffers from...

Judge flags complaint on behalf of child against journalist who sneaked into hospital

by Julie Doughty | May 25, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

A new judgment by Mr Justice Hayden, in the case of ‘H’, the 15 year old boy at the centre of the Telegraph story we reported on here, was published yesterday. The hearing took place on 19 May. Hayden J concludes his short judgment with this: ‘Whilst I am satisfied...