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...
by reporting watch team | May 22, 2017 | Comment, Transparency News
The Daily Mail today republished a story (under the headline above) about a man in Norwich, that appeared in the Eastern Daily Press yesterday. The original piece is credited to Jessica Long but the Mail version is by the Press Association. The story refers rather...
by reporting watch team | May 19, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
…Or so we imagine the headlines may run if and when a member of the press reads as far as the bottom few paragraphs of the unassuming A (A Minor : Fact Finding; Unrepresented Party) [2017] EWHC 1195 (Fam) (19 May 2017), a recent judgment of Mr Justice Anthony...
by Julie Doughty | May 17, 2017 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
In The Times last week, family courts were accused of being ‘secretive’ because they do not advertise the names of people who are getting divorced – under the headline ‘Call to end divorce case secrecy’ (paywall). ‘Secret’...
by Sarah P | May 11, 2017 | Comment, Project
On May 8th 2017 the Mothers in Law Blog published ‘An Open Letter to the Transparency Project’. We are very happy to respond; communication and dialogue about the family justice system is essential to our charitable objectives which we summarise in this...
by reporting watch team | May 3, 2017 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
Last week we wrote about the case of baby Effie, a baby diagnosed with the rare Ehler’s Danloss Syndrome IV, who had been returned to the care of her parents following a family court hearing. Our blog post is here : Baby removed from parents over ‘abuse’ is...
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