by reporting watch team | Oct 20, 2016 | FCReportingWatch
There have been four adverts for adoptive parents for children in the Mirror this week with another due tomorrow for ‘National Adoption Week’. They are here: ‘Will you be my forever parents?’ Heartbreaking story of boy who wants to be adopted’;...
by reporting watch team | Oct 15, 2016 | FCReportingWatch
Correcting and clarifying media reports of family cases; Explaining or commenting on published Judgments of family cases; Other transparency news MEDIA REPORTS OF FAMILY COURTS CASES: Re W – The Wrong End of the Stick (blog here) PUBLISHED FAMILY COURT...
by reporting watch team | Oct 12, 2016 | FCReportingWatch
Mr Justice Keehan has taken the unusual step, not just of creating a short extra judgment for, but also writing that judgment directly to, the 15 year old young person, whose future he had to decide (and his father). Northamptonshire Council sought a care order for a...
by reporting watch team | Oct 7, 2016 | Cases, FCReportingWatch
[Edit 17/10/16 : The Daily Mirror Various newspapers] this week reported a family case about adoption. We think they have got it rather wrong. The article is by Brian Farmer, and is titled “Grandparents win court fight to stop grandchild they didn’t know existed...
by reporting watch team | Oct 3, 2016 | FCReportingWatch
At the weekend the Daily Mirror reported the torment of a victim of serial rape and domestic violence, at her former partners’ application (from prison) to the family court for contact with their child and the judge’s decision to permit him to send letters. Russell...
by reporting watch team | Oct 1, 2016 | FCReportingWatch
This week we are launching our Family Court Reporting Watch Project, funded by the Legal Education Foundation (thanks LEF). We will be posting regularly on family court cases of interest or which have made the news. You can read the full press release here. We’d...
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