by reporting watch team | Jun 29, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
In the judgment from a case called H (Children : exclusion of Mckenzie friend) [2017] EWFC B31 (05 March 2017), Her Honour Judge Atkinson sets out in detail, why permission to appeal an order banning a paid McKenzie friend from “helping” a mother involved...
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...
by Paul M | May 27, 2017 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
Party manifestos rarely include specific proposals for legislation or changes in the law, tending instead to go for rather woolly and vague aspirations which are less likely to come back and bite them if and when they get into power. But in the 2017 general election...
by Judith Townend | May 27, 2017 | Comment, Consultations, Transparency News
According to the latest official statistics on privacy injunctions in January to December 2016 there were just three proceedings where the High Court considered an application for a new interim privacy injunction. Two were granted, one was refused. Two appeals were...
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...
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