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...
by reporting watch team | Nov 20, 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 Guardian – Reported new draft...
by Lucy R | Nov 15, 2017 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Trends
In August THAT Muslim foster carer story hit the press (‘Christian child forced into foster care’, The Times, 28 August 2017). The Times journalist Andrew Norfolk, lauded for his expose of the Rotherham child sexual abuse scandal, was the subject of...
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