Slovak parents fail to block adoption by gay couple – BBC News
‘Two Slovakian parents have failed to block the adoption of two of their sons by a same sex couple in Kent.’
BBC News, 24th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: adoption
High Court makes adoption call for baby with no name – BBC News
‘A baby with no name is to be placed for adoption after a High Court judge highlighted concerns about his father’s hostility to social workers.’
BBC News, 25th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Serial Removal of Children from Young Mothers – is this right? – Family Law Week
‘Maureen N Obi-Ezekpazu, FRSA, Barrister and Mediator, Family Matters, asks what can be done to help the plight of young mothers who have had several children permanently removed.’
Family Law Week, 18th May 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
In re G (A Child) (Non-relative Carer: application for leave for residence order; application for joinder to proceedings) – WLR Daily
‘Where, in adoption proceedings, an unrelated carer sought leave to be joined and to apply for a residence order, care was required in looking to the questions of: locus under the various potentially applicable statutory provisions; whether, and if so how, to have regard to a “change in circumstances”; and whether the child’s welfare was to be regarded as paramount.’
WLR Daily, 8th April 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Plan to give adopted children new identities to stop birth parents finding them – Daily Telegraph
‘Social services ask High Court to give two young children new names and even cut links with other siblings to protect them from abusive parents.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd April 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) becomes part of the Ministry of Justice – Ministry of Justice
‘The welfare of children will be brought closer to the family court system as key safeguarding organisation Cafcass joins the Ministry of Justice, Family Justice Minister Simon Hughes has announced.’
Ministry of Justice, 1st April 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Rape victim’s children face ‘barbaric’ forced adoption – BBC News
‘A mother has described a decision to put her children up for adoption over fears that she may get back with her violent former partner as “barbaric”.’
BBC News, 27th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Care Proceedings: The European Dimension – Family Law Week
‘Michael Jones, barrister of 15 Winckley Square Chambers, offers a guide to practitioners conducting care proceedings involving families with European origins.’
Family Law Week, 25th March 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Children separated from their families by courts must know why – Daily Telegraph
‘Children separated from their parents in secret family court judgments must be able to find out the reasons for the court’s decisions when they grow up, the most senior family judge has said. Sir James Munby, the President of the Family Division, said it was “great concern” that the judgments of all family court judges were not routinely transcribed and published.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
RC v CC and another – WLR Daily
RC v CC and another [2014] EWHC 131 (COP); [2014] WLR (D) 43
‘The jurisdiction to refuse disclosure of materials to the parties in children cases was clearly established and the same fundamental principles applied in cases relating to incapacitated adults in the Court of Protection. The test to be applied was that of “strict necessity” and the question was whether it was necessary, in the interests of the incapacitated person, for the information not to be disclosed.’
WLR Daily, 30th January 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Children: Public Law Update – Family Law Week
‘John Tughan, barrister of 4 Paper Buildings, analyses recent judgments in public law children cases and, in particular, the Re B-S line of authorities.’
Family Law Week, 24th January 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Geraldine Morris looks at the changes ahead for family law & predicts some new developments – New Law Journal
‘Lawyers may not always think of themselves as business people; family lawyers in particular are often very client focused, looking to achieve the best outcome for parties who are going through what will often be one of the worst periods of their lives. It can be hard, when weighed down with a busy caseload, to peak above the parapet and take time to reflect on how family law is changing. All businesses change over time, some faster than others. Change within the family law justice system has accelerated at an incredible pace in the last few years and 2014 will be no exception.’
New Law Journal, 22nd January 2014
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
I Want My Baby Back – BBC One Panorama
‘John Sweeney investigates the secretive world of the family courts and asks whether some parents may have unfairly lost their children forever. BBC One 13th January 2014’
BBC One, 13th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
AA (Somalia) (Appellant) v Entry Clearance Officer (Addis Ababa) (Respondent) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 18th December 2013
AA (Somalia) v Entry Clearance Officer – WLR Daily
AA (Somalia) v Entry Clearance Officer [2013] UKSC 81; [2013] WLR (D) 499
‘Paragraph 352D of the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (1994) (HC 394), as amended and inserted, which provided for the grant of leave to enter to the “child of a parent” who had been admitted to the United Kingdom as a refugee, did not extend to a child for whom a family member had taken responsibility under the Islamic procedure of “kafala” and whose “adoption” did not fall within the meaning of paragraphs 6 and 309A of the Rules.’
WLR Daily, 18th December 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
In re A (Children) (Adoption: Placement Order) – WLR Daily
In re A (Children) (Adoption: Placement Order) [2013] EWCA Civ 1611 ; [2013] WLR (D) 494
‘In making a placement for adoption order under section 21(1) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 the court was not entitled to stipulate requirements to be met by prospective adopters.’
WLR Daily, 13th December 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
