by Guest Post | Jan 1, 2017 | Comment
This is a guest post written by social worker Maggie Mellon, in response to blog posts by Sarah Phillimore previously published on this blog here and here. As with Sarah’s posts, this post is a comment piece and represents the views of the author, not...
by reporting watch team | Dec 30, 2016 | Comment, Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News
“Certain family court hearings to take place in public in radical trial” claimed the Guardian headline on the night before Christmas Eve. “James Munby, head of high court’s family division, to continue far-reaching reforms to bring more transparency to the system”...
by Sarah P | Dec 29, 2016 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
INTRODUCTION This is a post divided into two parts. The first part is a summary of my analysis of the French documentary ‘England’s Stolen Children’ which first aired in France in November 2016. The second part is my attempt to transcribe it. The producer sent...
by Paul M | Dec 10, 2016 | Comment, Consultations
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport is currently running a consultation on the future of press regulation. But how genuine is the consultation? Will they really take any notice of the responses, or is it just an opportunity for the powerful mainstream media to...
by Sarah P | Nov 30, 2016 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
On November 15th 2016 a documentary aired on French television called ‘England’s Stolen Children’. ‘Researching Reform’ provided comment and a useful translation of the explanation of the programme’s contents. If your French is...
by Lucy R | Nov 26, 2016 | Comment
When we received an emailed open letter from CAFCASS setting out their position in response to our recent blog post : What About Henry? An interesting discussion about how we deal with domestic abuse a number of us shared our immediate reactions to CAFCASS’...
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