New inquest ordered for 1975 ‘Little Girl Blue’ murder – BBC News
‘A new inquest into the unsolved murder of a girl found dead in a wood 43 years ago has been ordered by the high court.’
BBC News, 12th December 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: children
Think of the Children! – Minors and reasonable financial provision – Hardwicke Chambers
‘On 27 July 2018, the High Court handed down judgment in the case of Ubbi v Ubbi [2018] EWHC 1396 (Ch). The judgment explored reasonable financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 in the context of minor children and serves as a necessary reminder to all to update your will.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 14th November 2018
Source: hardwicke.co.uk
Brighton ‘babes in the wood’ killer Russell Bishop jailed for life – The Guardian
‘The “babes in the wood” killer, Russell Bishop, has been jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 36 years for the murder or two schoolgirls more than three decades ago.’
The Guardian, 11th December 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Upper Tribunal Rules Home Office’s Removal of Disputed Minor to Germany Unlawful and Orders his Return to UK – Garden Court Chambers
‘Following a hearing that took place on 11 October 2018, Mr Justice William Davis, a High Court Judge sitting in the Upper Tribunal, ruled that the Home Office unlawfully removed ‘QH’, an exceptionally vulnerable young Afghan male, to Germany. As a result, the Court has today ordered the Home Office to take steps to return QH to the UK so that his asylum claim can be decided here.’
Garden Court Chambers, 4th December 2018
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
Man found guilty of 1986 Brighton ‘babes in the wood’ murders – The Guardian
‘A convicted paedophile has been found guilty of the “babes in the wood” murders at the end of a retrial that drew on scientific advances in forensics 32 years after two schoolgirls were killed.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Anonymisation Guidance – a curtain of secrecy? – Transparency Project
‘The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew MacFarlane issued some guidance last week on the anonymisation of published judgments in family court cases.’
Transparency Project, 10th December 2018
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
City to contest cases where asylum seeker assessed as adult threatens legal action – Local Government Lawyer
‘Liverpool City Council is to contest the next cases in which apparently adult asylum seekers claim to be children, in the face of a potential £1.5m cost for looking after them.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th December 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Families threaten county with legal action over cuts to services for disabled children – Local Government Lawyer
‘Lawyers acting for families with disabled children have threatened Somerset County Council with a legal challenge over proposed cuts to services that would save £2m over the next two years.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th December 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Triple child murders: The lodger who destroyed a family – BBC News
‘In 1973, a 20-year-old man murdered and mutilated his friends’ three young children. No motive has ever been established and he has never expressed regret. Now, 45 years after being jailed, David McGreavy is due to walk the streets again.’
BBC News, 8th December 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Schools bomb hoaxes: Teenager jailed for nationwide threats – BBC News
‘A teenager who sent thousands of hoax bomb threats to schools and triggered an American airline security scare has been jailed for three years.’
BBC News, 7th December 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Case Comments: KO (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 53 and Rhuppiah v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 58 – UKSC Blog
‘ECHR, art 8 prevents someone from being removed from the UK where doing so would have a disproportionate impact on their private life and/or family life. Where a migrant seeks to rely on art 8, it is accordingly necessary for the Home Office, or on appeal the First-tier Tribunal, to conduct a balancing exercise between the individual’s private and family life rights on the one hand and the ‘public interest’ on the other.’
UKSC Blog, 4th December 2018
Source: ukscblog.com
Home Office unlawfully removed child asylum seeker from UK, High Court rules – The Independent
‘The Home Office unlawfully removed a child asylum seeker from the UK and has been ordered to arrange his return in a landmark High Court ruling.’
The Independent, 6th December 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Sexting’ allegations made against teenage boy will remain on file until he is 100 – despite no conviction – Daily Telegraph
‘Allegations made against a teenage boy that he ‘sexted’ girls at his school could remain on his police file until he is 100 – even though he was never convicted of any offence. The boy, known only as CL, lost a High Court legal bid to force the police to delete the details of the case.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th December 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
UK opens its first ‘safe house’ for child sex abuse victims to speed up prosecutions and recovery – Daily Telegraph
‘Britain’s first specialist “safe house” for child sex abuse victims has been launched to help cope with a surge in cases fuelled by social media and to speed up the prosecution of offenders.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Triple child killer David McGreavy cleared for release by Parole Board – Daily Telegraph
‘The man who murdered three small children and impaled them on railings has been cleared for release by the Parole Board.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd December 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Home Office to be challenged in High Court over ‘shameless’ fee for UK-born children to become British citizens – The Independent
‘Government fees of more than £1,000 for UK-born children to register as British citizens are to be challenged in the High Court, after campaigners won permission to apply for judicial review.’
The Independent, 28th November 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
A tendency to physical abuse: Upper Tribunal clarifies scope of Equality Act in education context — Katie Ayres – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The Upper Tribunal decision in of C&C v Governing Body [2018] UKUT 269 (AAC) has provided important clarification to the scope of the Equality Act 2010 in an education context.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th November 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
The limits of doctors’ liability for wrongful birth – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Khan v MNX [2017] EWHC 2990 (QB). The Court of Appeal has held that a mother who consults a doctor in order to avoid the birth of a child with one disability may not recover damages for the costs associated with a different disability.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th November 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Jailed rapist offered the chance to see his victim’s child – Daily Telegraph
‘A council offered a jailed sex offender the chance to play a part in the future of the child of a woman he raped, it has emerged. The rapist, who was part of a grooming gang in the North of the country and has no parental responsibility for his son, was contacted by the local authority to give him a chance to see the boy, a Times investigation has uncovered.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Speech by Rt. Hon. Sir Andrew McFarlane: Association of Lawyers for Children Conference 2018 – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
‘Speech by Rt. Hon. Sir Andrew McFarlane: Association of Lawyers for Children Conference 2018.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 23rd November 2018
Source: www.judiciary.uk
