Human Rights and Family Law Spring Update – Family Law Week

“Deirdre Fottrell, barrister of Coram Chambers, reviews recent cases involving human rights issues which are of significance to family lawyers.”

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Family Law Week, 22nd March 2013

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Facilitating the Return of Abducted Children – The judgment of the European Court of Human Rights – Family Law Week

Posted March 18th, 2013 in child abduction, damages, France, human rights, news by sally

“Esther Lieu, a Pupil at Coram Chambers, and Adam Weiss, Legal Director, The AIRE Centre, explain the ECtHR’s recent decision in Raw v France which considered, amongst other matters, the enforcement of court orders and the circumstances in which a parent could represent their children in Strasbourg proceedings.”

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Family Law Week, 18th March 2013

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Atiya Anjum-Wilkinson: Father in court bid for access – BBC News

Posted March 15th, 2013 in child abduction, contact orders, news by tracey

“A father who was jailed after abducting his daughter and taking her to Pakistan
for three years has appeared in court to make a bid for access to the child.”

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BBC News, 15th March 2013

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Childless couple jailed over baby smuggled from Africa – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 4th, 2013 in child abduction, news, possession of false identity documents by tracey

“A childless couple who desperately tried to start a family for more than a
decade have been jailed for smuggling in a baby from Africa.”

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Daily Telegraph, 4th February 2013

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Court opens way to divorces by Sharia? Hold on a minute…- UK Human Rights Blog

Posted February 4th, 2013 in arbitration, child abduction, consent orders, divorce, Judaism, news by tracey

“AI v MT [2013] EWHC 100 (Fam). The Times (amongst others) today deserves a spell on the legal naughty step. Its headline announces that a judge’s decision ‘opens way to divorces by Sharia’. One might expect therefore to find that the judgment giving rise to the headline – the decision of Baker J in the Family Court in AI v MT – was about Sharia law, or otherwise had something to do with it. In fact the judgment concerned a Jewish divorce under the auspices of the Beth Din, and had nothing to do with Sharia at all.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 1st February 2013

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Father of abducted Atiya must remain in jail, judge rules – The Guardian

Posted January 15th, 2013 in child abduction, detention, early release, news, sentencing by sally

“A man who abducted his young daughter, took her to Pakistan and refused to reveal her whereabouts for more three years should stay in jail, a judge has ruled.”

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The Guardian, 14th January 2013

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Judge delays ruling on brain tumour boy – The Independent

Posted December 10th, 2012 in cancer, child abduction, children, medical treatment, news, parental rights by sally

“New developments in Neon’s case lead judge to schedule return to court for later in the month.”

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The Independent, 9th December 2012

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Sally Roberts in court over son’s cancer treatment – BBC News

Posted December 7th, 2012 in cancer, child abduction, children, medical treatment, news by sally

“A mother who ran away with her seven-year-old son has been told he could die if he does not receive cancer treatment for his brain tumour.”

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BBC News, 7th December 2012

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Man who kidnapped and raped 15-year old school girl jailed – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 4th, 2012 in child abduction, firearms, rape, sentencing by sally

“A man who kidnapped and raped a 15-year old schoolgirl at gunpoint was jailed for life today.”

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Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2012

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The 1996 Hague Convention: The Fourth Dimension – Family Law Week

Posted December 3rd, 2012 in child abduction, EC law, human rights, news, parental responsibility, treaties by sally

“Eleri Jones barrister at 1 Garden Court, and Anne-Marie Hutchinson OBE and Richard Kwan both of Dawson Cornwell solicitors consider the impact of the 1996 Hague Convention in England and Wales.”

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Family Law Week, 30th November 2012

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Paedophile jailed indefinitely over abduction of boy aged 10 – The Guardian

Posted November 6th, 2012 in child abduction, news, recidivists, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

“A predatory paedophile whose ‘truly horrific’ abduction of a 10-year-old boy sparked mass street protests has been jailed indefinitely for public protection.”

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The Guardian, 5th November 2012

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Improving the protection of children across borders – Ministry of Justice

Posted November 2nd, 2012 in child abduction, fostering, guardianship, news, parental responsibility, treaties by sally

“Children from the UK will now have international protection if they move to another country outside the European Union. The 1996 Hague Convention will be in force from today meaning the public can be assured that countries which have opted in to the treaty will uphold and enforce a court order involving the protection of a child.”

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Ministry of Justice, 1st November 2012

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A v A – WLR Daily

Posted October 30th, 2012 in appeals, child abduction, children, law reports, residence orders by sally

A v A [2012] EWCA Civ 1396; [2012] WLR (D) 297

“Where children who had been born in England had been forcibly removed to another country and retained there by one parent against the wish of the other, that could not change the children’s place of habitual residence from England to the other country. However a child who had been born in a foreign country and had not set foot in England did not acquire on birth the habitual residence of his parents or custodial parent, even where at the time of his birth the mother was being forcibly detained in that country by the father.”

WLR Daily, 26th October 2012

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Does it matter what I think”? A comparison of the consideration of children’s views in Hague Convention cases and Children Act 1989 proceedings – Family Law Week

Posted October 26th, 2012 in care orders, child abduction, children, custody, news by tracey

“Radhika Handa, barrister, of Coram Chambers compares the court’s consideration of children’s wishes in Hague Convention and Children Act cases, in both private and public law.”

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Family Law Week, 26th October 2012

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Mothers lose out as expat parents fight for custody in foreign courts – The Guardian

Posted October 22nd, 2012 in child abduction, custody, foreign jurisdictions, news by sally

“Advisory service reports rise in cases where British couples split up after moving overseas, where UK judges have no say over who gets the children.”

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The Guardian, 19th October 2012

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Judge asks for help finding missing children abducted by mother – The Guardian

Posted October 18th, 2012 in child abduction, news, residence orders, setting aside by sally

“A nationwide search has been launched for four missing children after a high court judge said that they had been abducted by their mother.”

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The Guardian, 16th October 2012

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Warnings over abduction treaty – BBC News

“An international treaty designed to ensure the swift return of children abducted abroad by a parent needs to be implemented faster, researchers say.”

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BBC News, 22nd July 2012

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Social Media and the Voice of the Child in Hague Convention Cases – Family Law Week

Posted June 22nd, 2012 in child abduction, children, enforcement, internet, news by tracey

“Emma Pinder, Solicitor, of Spring Law considers a Hague Convention case which has attracted extensive attention in Australia and analyses the potential wider impact of the coverage, especially that within social media.”

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Family Law Week, 21st June 2012

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Child abductor handed new jail term – The Independent

Posted April 4th, 2012 in child abduction, news, sentencing by sally

“A former insurance salesman who abducted his daughter on her third birthday more than two years ago and refuses to reveal her whereabouts was today handed a fourth consecutive jail term by a High Court judge.”

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The Independent, 3rd April 2012

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Paedophile David Bryant jailed for 16 years – BBC News

Posted March 28th, 2012 in child abduction, child abuse, DNA, news, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

“A man who carried out sex attacks on four young girls in the 1980s and 1990s has been jailed for 16 years.”

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BBC News, 27th March 2012

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