Christopher Booker’s St George’s Day Myth

by Barbara Rich | Apr 23, 2017 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

[UPDATE 21 Jun 17 : Following the involvement of IPSO The Sunday Telegraph have agreed to correct factual inaccuracies in the column referred to below, and have published a statement of clarification. See here] The end of the “astonishing story” of Teresa Kirk and the...

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children -v- Gard

by Emma Nottingham | Apr 22, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch

  This is a post by Emma Nottingham, Transparency Project member, for Family Court Reporting Watch:   Facts The tragic case of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children v Gard was heard in the High Court Family Division last week. The case concerned an...

Too Middle Class to be a Good Mum?

by Sarah P | Apr 18, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story. The klaxon in The Transparency Project bat cave has been set to silent these past few weeks, given the strident frequency with which it had been blaring out. However, requests from concerned readers are still...

Grandmother, 53, who refused to help social workers find her three-year-old grandchild is held in prison for two days after council bosses said she was in contempt of court

by reporting watch team | Apr 18, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch

We said we’d re-visit this February 2017 article from the Daily Mail once we had sight of Peter Jackson J’s judgment of his decision not to commit* grandmother Alison Moutiq. *send to prison ⓝⓔⓦ Bedford Borough Council v Moutiq & Ors [2017] EWFC 22 (28 February...

Christopher Booker is puzzled

by reporting watch team | Apr 17, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

Christopher Booker is “puzzled” by our “child protection” system, and in particular some things about the Samantha Baldwin case (see : Why are the police so happy to “hunt” innocent parents? in today’s Sunday Telegraph, not...

Good Work Mr Work – but is it GENIUS Work? Nope.

by reporting watch team | Apr 14, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

The case of Work v Gray has been in the news this week, as the Court of Appeal dealt with Mr Work’s attempt to overturn a decision that his wife should get a half share of their fortune. We wrote about it in January here : A genius from another planet? This post...

Re W : a most difficult and concerning case of its type

by reporting watch team | Apr 12, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

Re W is a very long judgment. Re W (A Child) [2017] EWHC 829 (Fam) (06 March 2017) This post is but an outline of it and does not cover the details in full. It is heartbreaking to read, and will have been heartbreaking for W’s parents to hear when delivered last...

‘Gross and obvious irregularity’ by a family court judge – LL v the Lord Chancellor

by Julie Doughty | Apr 12, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

An unusual case from the Court of Appeal was published on BAILII this week, LL v the Lord Chancellor [2017 EWCA Civ 237, in which a High Court judge was criticised for ‘gross and obvious irregularity’ in dealing with a father in a family hearing and, as a...

Reporting the Family Courts – Are we doing it justice?

by Lucy Reed | Apr 11, 2017 | Events, Transparency News, Trends

On 5 April we held our panel discussion asking this question. It was a really constructive debate and we would like to thank all those who took part, both the panel and audience. At the event we launched our Media Guide for journalists, which you can read or download...

Family Court Reporting Watch: Weekly Round Up

by reporting watch team | Apr 11, 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 REPORTS OF FAMILY COURTS CASES / FAMILY JUSTICE ISSUES...