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Christopher Booker Article on Minnock Case

by Lucy R | Jun 22, 2015 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, Notorious

We have been alerted to an article in the Telegraph by Christopher Booker relating to the case of Ethan Williams (Minnock), which we have blogged about here : The missing mum case. We have written an article in response to that piece, and have invited the Telegraph to...
Another runaway mum in the news – what’s the story?

Another runaway mum in the news – what’s the story?

by reporting watch team | Jan 6, 2019 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

Shortly before Christmas reports began to emerge of a young mother who had disappeared with her little boy, and of the High Court Judge who gave permission for the family to be publicly named and photos shown in order to help locate them. At the time we weren’t...
Mother jailed for contempt could be named despite her young child being involved in anonymised family court proceedings. Why?

Mother jailed for contempt could be named despite her young child being involved in anonymised family court proceedings. Why?

by Paul M | Aug 28, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

To those accustomed to the idea that the family courts sit “behind closed doors” it may seem surprising for a judge to tell journalists they could name a woman who was being jailed for contempt of court, even though her three-year-old daughter was caught up in a...
Police hunt for mother who has abducted her own children – what on earth is going on?

Police hunt for mother who has abducted her own children – what on earth is going on?

by reporting watch team | Apr 3, 2017 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

[Update 6 April 2017: The BBC report that Samantha Baldwin and the children have been found safely. There is no further information available at present and we now expect things to go quiet in terms of information coming from the police / Family Court, at least for a...

When journalists ignore source material it is public debate which pays the price

by Lucy R | Jun 23, 2015 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, Notorious

Christopher Booker wrote about the case of Ethan Williams in The Telegraph this weekend, in an article entitled : When judges defy instinct, it is children who pay the price – We were presented with two flatly opposing views of the story of Rebecca Minnock, who...
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