by Sarah P | May 11, 2017 | Comment, Project
On May 8th 2017 the Mothers in Law Blog published ‘An Open Letter to the Transparency Project’. We are very happy to respond; communication and dialogue about the family justice system is essential to our charitable objectives which we summarise in this...
by reporting watch team | Apr 27, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
News reports are emerging today about a case of suspected non-accidental injury where the child was found to have a rare condition called Ehlers Danloss Syndrome (EDS) that could have accounted for the injuries. ITV report the case here : Baby removed from parents...
by reporting watch team | Feb 25, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
The publication of the Serious Case Review in the very sad case of Shi-Anne (Keegan) Downer, murdered at 18 months old by her Special Guardian Kandyce Downer, has prompted a fresh round of press coverage of the circumstances of her death. Kandyce Downer was convicted...
by reporting watch team | Jan 31, 2017 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
We have previously written about the case of MM (an incapacitated adult living in Portugal in a care home) and Mrs Kirk, who was imprisoned for refusing to assist the court with his return to be cared for back in Devon where he had previously been living. Our first...
by Judith Townend | Jan 17, 2017 | Comment
The notion that justice must be seen to be done needs little introduction to either a lay or legal audience, but its familiarity belies an underlying complexity. See, for example, PNM v Times Newspapers, to be heard by the Supreme Court this week. The court will...
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