‘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
‘The Family Court has dismissed an appeal by a social worker against a finding that she improperly altered records concerning children in care proceedings.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st March 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘This is part two of a two-part series on trans rights from leading equality and human rights barrister Claire McCann at Cloisters. Part one explores toilets and gender identity.’
Cloisters, 14th February 2017
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘The last five years have brought important reforms to care proceedings. The Judiciary made proposals for modernising family justice with a focus on strong judicial leadership, judicial continuity and better case management.2 The Family Justice Review3 recommended that the duration of care proceedings should be limited to 26 weeks, that fewer experts should be instructed in proceedings and there should be more limited scrutiny of the care plan, with the court considering only the plan for permanency (care by the parents(s), placement in the extended family, long-term fostering, or adoption) and not matters such as services for the child and contact arrangements. The Review’s recommendations were enacted in the Children and Families Act 2014, supplemented by new procedural rules (the PLO 2014) and implemented on April 22, 2014. This date also marked the opening of the Family Court, replacing the triple jurisdiction of the Family Proceedings Court, the County Court and the High Court. ‘
Family Law Week, 17th February 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A family judge has expressed his disapproval at the ‘unwarranted expenditure’ in a case where a local authority breached Article 8 rights under the European Convention on Human Rights by taking an infant into care.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th February 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Social workers have been accused of breaching the human rights of a couple after their week-old baby was taken off them in hospital when the father praised “the benefits of formula milk”.’
The Guardian, 16th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Peterborough City Council has reached an out of court settlement with a woman who accused it of failing to protect her when she was in its care as a child.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th January 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has strongly criticised a council and a police force for serious breaches of the Human Rights Act, after two children were retained in care despite their mother not being charged with an offence following her arrest.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th January 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A British couple have won a legal fight to be reunited with their children after being arrested on suspicion of trying to travel to Syria to join Islamic State.’
The Guardian, 12th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘John Tughan QC of 4 Paper Buildings reviews recent important judgments in the field of public children law.’
Family Law Week, 7th December 2016
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
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