by Julie Doughty | Aug 13, 2017 | Cases, Comment, Explanation
The answer to the question is yes, in very limited circumstances and where no harm can be shown as likely to the children. In Southend Borough Council v CO and DW [2017] EWHC 1949 (Fam), reported on BAILII last month, the High Court judge decided not to order parents...
by reporting watch team | Aug 6, 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 COURT CASES Are there other cases like...
by reporting watch team | Aug 4, 2017 | Comment, FCReportingWatch, Resources
CAFCASS and Women’s Aid have collaborated on research about allegations of domestic abuse in child contact cases. We published a guest post by psychologist Sue Whitcombe on this here : Looking beyond the headlines: domestic abuse allegations in family...
by reporting watch team | Aug 2, 2017 | Trends
This is a guest post from Dr Sue Whitcombe (@drsue2014), a psychologist working with high conflict family breakdown and parental alienation. It is re-posted with kind permission, having been originally published via Linkedin. A post from the Reporting Watch Team about...
by reporting watch team | Aug 1, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Trends
We wrote earlier today about a Guardian article that suggested that there had been 10 cases like Charlie Gard’s so far this year (18 last year), and that they were being dealt with in secret. You can read that post here : Are there other cases like Charlie’s? We...
by Barbara Rich | Aug 1, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
This post was originally posted on the morning of 1 August 2017 as a chronological update of developments in the case since we posted our last update on 18 July. In the light of a comment in response, we thought it would be helpful to extend it to cover the whole of...
by reporting watch team | Aug 1, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Trends
The Guardian reports there have been : Ten cases like Charlie Gard’s heard in English courts this year saying that “figures emerge as debate grows over merits of legal secrecy and high-profile public campaigns”. The Guardian says that the figures...
by reporting watch team | Jul 30, 2017 | Consultations
The response below was sent to CAFCASS today. This is a response to the invitation by Cafcass to comment upon the draft Operating Framework issued here in July : https://www.cafcass.gov.uk/news/2017/july/updating-the-cafcass-operating-framework.aspx. The remit of the...
by reporting watch team | Jul 30, 2017 | Cases, FCReportingWatch
We haven’t forgotten about Charlie Gard. He is very much on our minds. We have written a lot about him but right now just after Charlie’s passing it seems right to pause. We will update with further blog posts on what has happened since our last post, and...
by reporting watch team | Jul 30, 2017 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
The Independent Press Standards Organisation have recently published the “Resolution Statement” in respect of our complaint about an article by The Telegraph’s Christopher Booker regarding Court of Protection proceedings concerning the now deceased...
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