STORY: "The expert who played God...and the real-life Big Brother house where he tore families apart with bizarre tasks to test if parents were fit to keep their children," published in the Daily Mail on April 13, 2012.
GIST: "Hibbert has offered to surrender his licence to practise medicine but still faces a full GMC inquiry. The scandal of Dr Hibbert — accused in Parliament of being little more than a 'hired gun' for local authorities trying to take children into care — has shone a spotlight on a family courts system normally shrouded in secrecy. Crucially, it raises the question of whether a single 'expert' should be allowed to determine the most fundamental rights of parents to bring up their own children. Even the Justice Secretary Ken Clarke, the minister responsible for Britain's family courts — where Hibbert gave many of his judgements — has been asked to launch a parliamentary investigation. Now some of Dr Hibbert's fellow psychiatrists are pouring scorn on the hugely controversial methods that helped him amass a fortune of more than £2 million."
THE ENTIRE STPRY CAN BE FOUND AT:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2129555/As-revealed-10-000-children-taken-care-year-doctor-fortune-setting-parents-bizarre-tasks-test-fit-children.html
PUBLISHER'S NOTE:
I am monitoring this case. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments.
The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html
Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com
Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.
