by Julie Doughty | Jan 29, 2025 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Reporting Pilot
One evening in autumn 2023, a young couple took their five month old baby to an emergency hospital where she was diagnosed with numerous physical injuries (some very serious) which the parents couldn’t explain. Local authority children’s services were called in and...
by Julie Doughty | Apr 26, 2024 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
UPDATE 13 May 2024 – see below at end of point 1.** A few days ago, there were a number of amendments to legislation going through Parliament that tried to address widespread concerns and (if they were passed) would have had significant impact on family...
by Guest Post | Jul 23, 2021 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
The author of this post is a child protection social worker, who writes under a pseudonym, including in the Guardian. He previously wrote this post for TP. Are hundreds of thousands of families being put through unnecessary investigations by unchecked social...
by Paul M | Mar 4, 2018 | Comment
In the latest in her series of lectures on Transparency in the Family Justice System, Gresham Professor of Law, Jo Delahunty QC considered the problems faced by the courts in dealing with family law cases involving allegations of child sex abuse. A warning Jo...
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