by Sarah P | Dec 7, 2017 | Events, FCReportingWatch
This is a post by Sarah Phillimore. For more tweets about discussions on the night, see #talkfamilyjustice. On 5th December 2017 The Transparency Project hosted a debate about privacy and accountability in the family courts, in order to mark the launch of our...
by reporting watch team | Dec 3, 2017 | Explanation, FCReportingWatch
On 17 November the Guardian ran a front page article by Amelia Hill about a “groundbreaking” new trial that CAFCASS were running, to tackle parental alienation. It contained substantial quotes from CAFCASS’ Principal Social Worker, Sarah Parsons, so appeared to have...
by reporting watch team | Nov 28, 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 Community Care – In the...
by reporting watch team | Nov 23, 2017 | Explanation, FCReportingWatch
On 21 November the Ministry of Justice and Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal’s Service issued advice for those concerned about potentially unreliable forensic toxicology (drug) tests in some family cases. The advice also relates to criminal trials, but this post looks...
by reporting watch team | Nov 22, 2017 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
When a child dies, it is often social workers whose names pop up in the press, who are vilified and blamed. Following the recent media attention around the death of adopted Elsie Scully-Hicks (Shayla), this has become a topic of discussion again within the social work...
by reporting watch team | Nov 20, 2017 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Mr Justice Moor has today published his judgment about the death of Elsie (known to her biological family as Shayla). You can read the judgment here: The County Council of the City and County of Cardiff -v- Matthew Scully-Hicks and Others. The judgment was written in...
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