by reporting watch team | Jun 24, 2017 | Analysis, 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 COURTS CASES Corrections of inaccurate,...
by reporting watch team | Jun 23, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
The Daily Mail reported on 20 June that a judge had ruled that “Grandparents must NEVER be told their daughter had twins…as mother plans to give babies away”. A number of people tweeted to ask what judgment this related to and we recognized it instantly as one that we...
by reporting watch team | Jun 21, 2017 | FCReportingWatch
A blog post published yesterday on Skwawkbox suggests that : #GRENFELL RESIDENTS MAY LOSE CUSTODY OF CHILDREN IF REJECT DISTANT ACCOMMODATION We thought that this was likely to really worry not just families from Grenfell but also families elsewhere. Can you lose your...
by Allan Norman | Jun 19, 2017 | Analysis, FCReportingWatch
(The outcome of the Supreme Court permission to appeal hearing is here. The Supreme Court announcement of a further procedural hearing today is here. Other posts on our blog about this case can be found here STOP PRESS: This evening’s ECHR press release is...
by reporting watch team | Jun 18, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
We recently made a further complaint to The Telegraph about Christopher Booker’s coverage of the case of Re H (A Child) (Interim Care Order : fact finding) [2017] EWHC 518 (Fam) on 21 May (you can read the post about that complaint here). We have now heard back...
by reporting watch team | Jun 18, 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 COURTS CASES Inaccurate, misleading or...
by Lucy Reed | Jun 16, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This post is about a case called : B (A 14 Year Old Boy), Re [2017] EWFC B28 (11 May 2017), a decision of His Honour Judge Simon Wood recently published. It is a very sad case. B has not seen his father since 2011, and the case revolved around what further steps could...
by Polly Morgan | Jun 14, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
When a couple gets divorced, they must split their assets fairly, bearing in mind 3 principles set out by the Supreme Court in two joined cases, Miller v Miller and McFarlane v McFarlane. These 3 principles are: On divorce, each party’s needs must be met. Broadly,...
by Emma Nottingham | Jun 13, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
European Court delays case until Monday 19th June The Human Rights Court (European Court of Human Rights or ECHR) has stated that Charlie’s Gard’s life support must continue until midnight on Monday 19th June. The parents now have more time to put together a legal...
by reporting watch team | Jun 13, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Below is the text of a complaint submitted to The Telegraph today about Mr Booker’s reporting of H (A Child), Re (Interim Care Order : fact finding) [2017] EWHC 518 (Fam), which we don’t think is accurate. It is frustrating that we have to keep making such...
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