‘It is sometimes necessary for local authorities to seek to place a looked after child in what is called secure accommodation. This is designed to protect them from injuring themselves or others and/or absconding from other types of accommodation and suffering significant harm as a consequence.’
Family Law, 23rd October 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Not long ago I represented a pair of maternal grandparents in a case in Teesside. They had been closely involved with the family over a period of years, although the mother of the two girls at the heart of the case had moved away (not far) during recent times. The mother had various problems and the father barely featured in the proceedings. A few years back the grandparents had actually taken the older girl under their wing for a while (prior to the birth of her sister) and the girls’ older brother was living with them full time under a court order.’
Park Square Barristers, 6th October 2017
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘It is sometimes necessary for local authorities to seek to place a looked after child in what is called secure accommodation. This is designed to protect them from injuring themselves or others and/or absconding from other types of accommodation and suffering significant harm as a consequence.’
Zenith Chambers, 18th October 2017
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
‘Three teenage brothers should be taken from their mother and put into care, having developed a “narcissistic cult” mentality, a High Court judge has said.’
BBC News, 9th October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman with a “very significant” learning disability has lost the latest round of a legal fight over the care of her two children.’
The Guardian, 2nd October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘What alternatives are there to an EPO? There are two main scenarios we will consider here :
“Private law” : one parent is worried about the safety of a child in the care of the other (but this could also be a grandparent or extended family member)
“Public law” : a parent is concerned about a child who is in the care of social services.’
Transparency Project, 16th September 2017
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘A Family Court judge has questioned the spending of money on the issuing of legal proceedings and on psychological evidence when this expenditure is incurred before attempts have been made at therapeutic support, in a case where a vulnerable mother was faced with the loss of a second child to adoption.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th September 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘British jihadis returning from Syria will put pressure on the family courts over the next year, the Lord Chief Justice has said.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Southwark Council has now said it has found an interim placement for a troubled teenager after criticism from a judge.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th September 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The London Borough of Southwark’s social services director has been ordered to appear before a judge after the council could find no suitable accommodation available for a teenager described as “troubled and dangerous”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st August 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A senior judge has expressed concern after being told there is no secure accommodation anywhere in the country for a “troubled and dangerous” teenager believed to be involved in serious gangland activity.’
The Guardian, 24th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘John Tughan QC of 4 Paper Buildings reviews a range of recent important public law cases.’
Family Law Week, 9th August 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Parents who objected to care decisions made about their children after applications by Southend-on-Sea Borough Council need not remove an online petition airing their grievances, the Family Court has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd August 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A controversial agreement between the Association of Directors of Children’s Services and Cafcass over children’s care proceedings has been scrapped.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd August 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The nation will have “blood on its hands” if an NHS hospital bed cannot be found within days for a teenage girl who is at acute risk of taking her own life, according to the UK’s most senior family judge.’
The Guardian, 3rd August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Gloucestershire County Council has issued an unreserved apology after it was found to have breached a court order in a child protection case.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd August 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Gloucestershire county council has apologised after it unlawfully removed a young child from its mother and placed it in foster care without giving the mother or father any notice of its intention to do so.’
The Guardian, 28th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A natural father need not be given a copy of a notice of care proceedings where this would create a risk for the mother, HHJ Bellamy has ruled in the Family Court.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th June 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Professor Jonathan Dickens, University of East Anglia, Norwich, considers some of the strengths and limitations of the IRO service, drawing on recent debates and the findings of a research study conducted between 2012-14.’
Family Law Week, 6th April 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘The parents of a seven-month-old baby who are challenging doctors in court to keep him on life support say they deserve the right to judge his care.’
BBC News, 7th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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