Father’s Day Revenge? Female perpetrated domestic abuse, homicide and suicide

by Annie Surviving Safeguarding | Jul 6, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

On the 17th of June 2018, a father made an anxious call to Kent Police after his ex-partner failed to return their child after a period of unsupervised contact which had been agreed by the family court. Very sadly, the following morning, the Police found the bodies of...

NB on Re NB

by Barbara Rich | May 20, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

At the beginning of April 2019, a Press Association report of an interim hearing at the Court of Protection provoked a number of newspaper headlines and outraged reactions, because it quoted a High Court judge, Mr Justice Hayden, as having spoken of a “fundamental...

When children are abducted by a parent – a scourge, an unspeakable cruelty and a matter of public interest

by Lucy R | Apr 17, 2019 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal bloggers pilot, Notorious

Since yesterday the news has been full of reports about a Ukrainian ‘Billionaire, Sergiy Tigipko, investigated over abduction of [his] UK grandchildren’ (See the BBC. Also, for example, Businessman reveals fight to bring daughters back to UK after ex-wife...

Does a man have a right to sex with his wife?

by reporting watch team | Apr 6, 2019 | Cases, Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

There has been a lot of coverage of remarks apparently made by Mr Justice Hayden this week about the ‘fundamental human right’ of a man to have sex with his wife. We think that the press coverage and twitter interest emanate from a Press Association (PA)...

Shamima’s baby – the family law aspect

by reporting watch team | Feb 25, 2019 | FCReportingWatch, Notorious

We’ve started trying to write something about Shamima Begum and her baby several times this week, but every time we agree what we are going to write, something changes. It feels a bit like shifting sands, and the facts are very unclear. So we aren’t going...

Update on the case about missing Olly

by reporting watch team | Feb 1, 2019 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal bloggers pilot, Notorious

Our Alice Twaite attended a hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London today, where Mr Justice Williams approved the publication of a press release agreed between various of Olly’s family members, in the hope it will encourage his and his mum’s safe...