by Barbara Rich | Apr 23, 2017 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
[UPDATE 21 Jun 17 : Following the involvement of IPSO The Sunday Telegraph have agreed to correct factual inaccuracies in the column referred to below, and have published a statement of clarification. See here] The end of the “astonishing story” of Teresa Kirk and the...
by Barbara Rich | Feb 20, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
On 14 February 2017, the Daily Mail reported on developments in a Court of Protection case that it has been following for some time: “an astonishing story that has come to represent all that is wrong with Britain’s shadowy Court of Protection.” The story is that of...
by Lucy R | Jan 31, 2017 | Comment, Court of Protection
This is a post by Barbara Rich, originally published by her via twitter and kindly reproduced here with her permission. Barbara is a barrister in private practice at 5 Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn, London. The views she expresses are personal. The Daily Mail has...
by reporting watch team | Jan 31, 2017 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
We have previously written about the case of MM (an incapacitated adult living in Portugal in a care home) and Mrs Kirk, who was imprisoned for refusing to assist the court with his return to be cared for back in Devon where he had previously been living. Our first...
by Sarah P | Jan 24, 2017 | Court of Protection
On January 23rd 2017, the President of the Family Division and the Court of Protection, Sir James Munby, visited the Bristol Civil Justice Centre to have general discussion with local professionals about recent developments for the Court of Protection. There is...
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”...
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