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...

Meal tickets for life?

by Polly Morgan | May 24, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch

This post was written by our new contributor Polly Morgan. An article in The Times on 23 May 2017 headlined ‘Former wives give up chasing “meal ticket for life” in divorce’ (behind paywall) refers to falling numbers of spousal maintenance orders. The newspaper reports...

Seriously inaccurate reporting by omission of facts

by reporting watch team | May 23, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

[UPDATE 25 May 2017: Further blog post on this case here : Judge flags complaint on behalf of child against journalist who sneaked into hospital] We posted a short blog yesterday noting that The (Sunday) Telegraph’s Christopher Booker had reported on a case...

A gifted child in a psychiatric unit – should we be worried about this case?

by reporting watch team | May 22, 2017 | Cases, FCReportingWatch

Christopher Booker’s Sunday column this week features a teenage boy who is apparently detained in a hospital against the wishes of his family and himself. See A gifted child in a psychiatric unit is madness (premium content, scroll down once logged in). The case...

Decision to place a child with prospective adopters is unlawful because unfair

by reporting watch team | May 22, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

R (On the Application Of EL) v Essex County Council [2017] EWHC 1041 (Admin) (08 May 2017) is a judicial review decision about a decision by a local authority to place a child for adoption, under a placement order granted by the Family Court. Because this is a...

Police investigating drug testing lab that carried out tests for the Family Court

by reporting watch team | May 20, 2017 | Cases, FCReportingWatch

There have been news reports recently about failures at a forensic lab in Manchester, which was used for forensic testing in criminal cases. It was reported earlier this month that “Scores of convictions [are] in doubt amid forensic test manipulation...