‘Vulnerable children are being forced into homelessness because local authorities are routinely flouting child protection laws, lawyers and charities have warned.’
The Independent, 4th March 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman who spoke out to The Independent about Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre just days ago has narrowly avoided deportation following an intervention by MPs.’
The Independent, 4th March 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Government faces paying thousands in compensation to child migrants who were sexually abused during an overseas settlement policy. Britain’s child migration programmes saw thousands, many in care or from poor backgrounds, sent to countries including Australia and New Zealand, partly to save money on care costs. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse found that successive UK governments, which played a “central role” in the policy, “failed to ensure that there were in place sufficient measures to protect children from sexual abuse”.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Family analysis: Catherine Wood QC, of 4 Paper Buildings, reviews the decision in Re M (International Relocation: Welfare Analysis) [2017] EWCA Civ 2356 in which the Court of Appeal held that the judge had failed to carry out the sophisticated and complex analysis required in a relocation case.’
Family Law, 27th February 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust v Evans, James and Alfie Evans (a child by his guardian Cafcass Legal) [2018] EWHC 308 (Fam). This was an application by the hospital for a declaration to allow their doctors to withdraw life support from a 19 month old child, Alfie. He suffers from a progressive, ultimately fatal neurodegenerative condition, probably a mitochondrial disorder. His epileptic seizures have not been brought under control by anti-convulsant treatment. The evidence before the court was that even if these seizures were to end, his brain is “entirely beyond recovery”. However caused, his neural degeneration is both “catastrophic and untreatable”.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th February 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A five-year-old girl with severe asthma died after being turned away from an appointment with an emergency doctor because she was five minutes late, an inquest has been told.
The coroner said the chance to provide Ellie-May Clark with “potentially life-saving treatment” was missed and she had been let down by failings in the system.’
The Guardian, 26th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Poor information sharing between agencies meant warning signs were missed in the lead up to the murder of a 19-day-old baby by his mother, a serious case review has found.
Nicola Brown, 43, from Portsmouth, was found guilty of the murder of her son Jake following a trial in 2016. She was ordered to serve life with a minimum of 14-and-a-half years.’
BBC News, 27th February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mother who suffocated and poisoned her eight-week-old baby, causing his death, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 14 years and nine months today (22 February).’
Crown Prosecution Service, 22nd February 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Adele Cameron-Douglas, barrister of 4 Paper Buildings, asks how children can continue to be involved in proceedings that concern them after their conclusion.’
Family Law Week, 22nd February 2018
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A review into the deaths of dozens of babies at the Royal Derby Hospital between 2013 and 2016 has found many of them might have been preventable.’
BBC News, 23rd February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The family of a seriously ill boy is to appeal against a High Court ruling allowing doctors to switch off his life-support.’
BBC News, 22nd February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Adrian Barnett-Thoung-Holland, barrister of St Alban’s Chambers, explains the practicalities of a valuable resource for children lawyers.’
Family Law Week, 15th February 2018
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘They might be victims of rape, or witnesses to murder. But can they really be relied upon to tell the truth at trial?’
The Guardian, 17th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This is a very interesting judicial review, concerning the interrelation of a council’s housing duties under Part 6 and Part 7 Housing Act 1996 and duties to children under s.17 Children Act 1989.’
Nearly Legal, 18th February 2018
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The government has ruled out issuing a medical cannabis licence to a six-year-old boy whose rare form of epilepsy improved after taking the drug abroad.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Earlier this month the NSPCC put out a call on twitter for professionals to respond to a survey they are running as part of the evidence gathering phase of ‘a project to support professionals to take the appropriate action when they have concerns about the safeguarding of children and young people’. That project is said to build upon an earlier project : ‘No one noticed, no one heard – A study of disclosures of childhood abuse’.’
Transparency Project, 15th February 2018
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘Child trafficking victims deported back to Vietnam by the British government face the risk of being retrafficked and further exploited, lawyers and child protection groups have warned.’
The Guardian, 7th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
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