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...
by Lucy R | May 1, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
We’ve already written a really long blog post about our struggles to obtain some clarification about an item appearing in the mainstream media concerning children removed from grandparents by a judge who apparently failed to give reasons for her decision. You...
by Lucy R | Apr 24, 2017 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
We apologise in advance. It began with a simple question, but this is a bit of a shaggy dog story…Bear with us. On 2 April, The Sunday Telegraph ran an item about a case in which a child “was taken away from her grandparents and put into foster care after...
by Sarah P | Apr 18, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story. The klaxon in The Transparency Project bat cave has been set to silent these past few weeks, given the strident frequency with which it had been blaring out. However, requests from concerned readers are still...
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