by reporting watch team | Dec 21, 2016 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Mr Justice Cobb’s judgment in the case of GD & BD (Children) (Rev 1) [2016] EWHC 3312 (Fam) (20 December 2016) was published this week. It has already been described by Suesspicious Minds blog as the worst case of 2016, not without good reason. It...
by reporting watch team | Dec 12, 2016 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
It is reported that the Senior Coroner responsible for the inquest into the death of Ellie Butler, first opened in November 2013 shortly after Ellie’s death, has decided to reopen the inquiry and potentially to call the High Court Judge who authorised her return...
by reporting watch team | Dec 7, 2016 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
Some time ago we wrote about the case of Mrs Kirk, a woman imprisoned for breaking orders made in the Court of Protection. She had taken an elderly and incapacitated man “M” to a care home in Portugal and refused to bring him back when ordered (or more...
by Paul M | Dec 4, 2016 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, Transparency News
This week the Court of Protection, sitting in Manchester, has been hearing a case about a policeman, Paul Briggs, whose wife, Lindsey Briggs has applied to the court for withdrawal of life-prolonging treatment (the feeding tube) that she no longer believes is in her...
by reporting watch team | Nov 19, 2016 | FCReportingWatch
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