‘Father accused of suffocating his baby by rolling on her as they slept can be reunited with her twin after a judge ruled that the baby’s sister should not have been removed by social workers.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
R (JG) v Lord Chancellor (Law Society intervening) [2014] EWCA Civ 656; [2014] WLR (D) 235
‘Where a child who was a party to private law proceedings under the Children Act 1989 had the benefit of public funding in respect of his costs and the court considered that it was necessary to instruct a single joint expert to produce a report to assist the court in determining what was in the best welfare interests of the child, but the other parties had no funding and were unable to pay their share of the expert’s costs, the court could depart from the order that it would otherwise have made, to the greater cost of the publicly funded party, where the failure to adduce the expert’s report would result in a breach of one of the party’s rights under articles 6 or 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and the court was not prevented from doing so by section 22(4) of the Access to Justice Act 1999. Where, in the case of a single joint expert, there was no problem over resources, there was no normal rule of equal apportionment of the costs, and that issue of apportionment was to be determined in the exercise of the court’s discretion, taking into account the particular circumstances of the case.’
WLR Daily, 21st May 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A couple who kept 19 dogs have lost a family court fight for the return of their two children.’
The Guardian, 29th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Michael Jones, barrister, 15 Winckley Square Chambers, considers the response of local authorities to the requirements imposed by Re B-S and later cases.’
Family Law Week, 23rd May 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘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
In re S (Children) (Care Proceedings: Fact-finding Hearings) [2014] EWCA Civ 638; [2014] WLR (D) 217
‘Reiterating the inappropriateness of separate fact-finding hearings in most care proceedings, it was essential that if there was to be a separate fact-finding hearing, the ambit of the hearing should be clearly defined and understood by all and, if the ambit altered as the case proceeded, that the adjustment was promptly reflected in the schedule of findings sought and that there was an authentic, definitive record of precisely what findings the judge had made.’
WLR Daily, 14th May 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The phrase “rights of custody,” within the meaning of articles 3 and 5(a) of the 1980 Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and article 2(9)(11) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003, was not limited to rights which were already legally recognised and enforceable but was to be interpreted purposively as including a reference to a wider category, termed “inchoate rights”, the existence of which would have been legally recognised if the matter had arisen before the particular act of removal or retention in question.’
WLR Daily, 15th May 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘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
‘A “very unusual” Magistrates’ Court decision to refuse the grant of an emergency protection order (EPO) for a baby boy disempowered agencies, a serious case review into his death has concluded.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th April 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The largest family justice reforms for a generation will come into effect today.’
Ministry of Justice, 22nd April 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘New combined Family Courts have come into being in England and Wales as part of family justice system reforms.’
BBC News, 22nd April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) must be a “vital component” of the unified Family Court, the head of the Family Division said in a judgment highlighting the need for strict adherence to the time limit for resolving care cases.’
Family Law Week, 16th April 2014
Source: www.lawsocietygazette.co.uk
‘Julie Stather, barrister of 42 Bedford Row, examines the recent use of section 20 and considers its future in the light of the impending 26 week limit for care proceedings.’
Family Law Week, 16th April 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘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
‘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
‘A little boy who suffered brain injuries after falling from a bed should be returned to his parents after being taken into care nearly a year ago amid, the High Court has ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘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
‘Two young brothers could be taken into care after their mother warned they were being radicalised with extremist Islamist views by her estranged husband, the High Court was told.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A boy who was fed nine litres of goat’s milk a day for six months will not be allowed to live with his mother, a senior family court judge has ruled.’
The Independent, 6th March 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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