by Barbara Rich | Oct 15, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch
UPDATE 18 October – I’ve added a footnote to discuss some points which have been raised in Twitter conversations following my original post. On 11 October 2017, this headline appeared on the BBC news website. The story naturally aroused a lot of interest...
by Lucy R | Oct 11, 2017 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
Eastenders has recently run a story line about child protection. It hasn’t gone down very well with social workers, with many newspapers covering the criticism of it along the lines set out in The Daily Mail here : Viewers have slammed an...
by Louise Tickle | Oct 9, 2017 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
The Muslim foster care case first reported in The Times has prompted harsh criticism of the choices made by journalists when investigating complaints about poor social work practice. I make no comment on the writing, front page positioning, headline or the intentions...
by reporting watch team | Oct 9, 2017 | FCReportingWatch
Correcting, clarifying or commenting on media reports of family court cases Explaining or commenting on published Judgments of family court cases Highlighting other transparency news MEDIA (MIS)REPORTS OF FAMILY COURT CASES The Times – We commented...
by Lucy R | Oct 3, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
“Delayed adoption is sure to damage a child”, writes Clare Foges for The Times (paywall). “Attempting to place children with family members has stalled the process to an alarming extent” says the subheader. Here we go again. For children who...
by reporting watch team | Oct 2, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
We have covered the case originally headlined “Christian child forced into foster care” on a number of occasions. Our earlier posts can be found here : Religious and cultural identity in foster care, 28 Aug The most secretive court in all of Christendom…,...
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