‘A district judge has rejected a legal challenge over a decision by Plymouth City Council to change the name of a square from an Elizabethan sailor associated with the slave trade, Sir John Hawkins, to a black footballer, Jack Leslie.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th December 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Rachel Cooper, barrister, Coram Chambers, discusses current UK surrogacy legislation in relation to modern reproductive practices.’
Family Law, 3rd October 2019
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A law firm that addressed a transgender woman by her birth name has been ordered to pay compensation by the Legal Ombudsman (LeO).’
Legal Futures, 26th March 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Anthony Gold’s Victoria Brown looks at cases in which the court will decide to remove parental responsibility from a father as they are exceptional.’
Family Law, 31st January 2019
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘A transgender teenager who killed himself “was angry with [his] school” after it refused to grant him permission to officially change his name, an inquest into his death has heard.’
The Guardian, 1st September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A mother who no longer liked her child’s middle name has won the right to have it removed in a legal challenge costing thousands of pounds in legal aid.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Jennifer Kotilaine, Pauline Troy, Emma Romer and Eilidh Gardner, all barristers at 42 Bedford Row, consider the family law implications for the Archer family following Helen’s much-publicised acquittal in the criminal court.’
Family law Week, 21st September 2016
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
“Charlotte Rachael Proudman, barrister at 1 Mitre Court Buildings provides legal guidance on applications to change a child’s name, whether forename or surname, during private law children proceedings.”
Family Law Week, 29th September 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Although the common way of identifying a building was by its name and address, nothing in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 precluded the list of listed buildings from using other sorts of identifying detail, such as verbal descriptions, map references, post-codes, explanatory notes, or photographs.”
WLR Daily, 26th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A law being brought in to protect children from sex offenders will be undermined because it is too easy for them to change their name without informing the authorities, a children’s charity has warned.”
BBC News, 28th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Child’s emotional identity needs supersede grandparents’ wishes
In re E (a Child): Special guardianship order
Court of Appeal
“The power to order a child, subject to a special guardianship order, to be known by a new surname should not be exercised by the court if it would interfere with the child’s emotional identity needs.”
The Times, 11th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
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