‘The European court of human rights is due to decide on Tuesday whether it will hear legal arguments from the family of a severely ill baby who want him to be sent to the US for treatment.’
The Guardian, 13th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Doctors in London must continue to treat a terminally ill baby at the centre of a life-support legal battle until midnight on Tuesday, judges at the European court of human rights have said.’
The Guardian, 9th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Marie Crawford, barrister of Becket Chambers, considers the orders a court might make at first hearing and dispute resolution appointment.’
Family Law Week, 9th June 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Regina (ZX) v Secretary of State for Justice [2017] EWCA Civ 155
‘The claimant, a married British citizen of Bangladeshi origin with three children, was convicted on his guilty plea of two terrorism related offences and sentenced in the Crown Court to a term of three years’ imprisonment. Following his release on licence, conditions were imposed on his licence precluding him, inter alia, from having contact with his children save as directed by the National Probation Service (“the NPS”) and local children’s services. He sought to challenge the imposition of those conditions on the basis that the NPS had no lawful entitlement to give a direction separating him from his children, that there was no properly identified risk and that no separation could properly be directed without due compliance with the provisions of the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004 and, if need be, without an order of the Family Court. Permission to proceed with the claim for judicial review was refused on the basis that the grounds raised were not arguable. The claimant appealed on the grounds, inter alia, that the judge had misdirected himself as to the scope and effect of the NPS’s duties under section 11 of the 2004 Act (to make arrangements for ensuring that its functions were discharged having regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children).’
WLR Daily, 17th March 2017
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
In re Y (A Child) (Wardship: Assistance on Transition to Adulthood) [2017] EWHC 968 (Fam)
Approving a package of support suggested by the local authority, the court identified the range and scope of support available for a radicalised child approaching the end of their wardship, compared with that available to a child who was instead leaving care, before observing that this may be one of many factors to be bourne in mind when considering which legal framework is most appropriate to protect a young person in danger of radicalisation (paras 12–64, 65–68).
WLR Daily, 27th April 2017
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A man who killed his partner’s toddler by punching and kicking him has been sentenced to life in prison.’
BBC News, 5th June 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A family support worker who sold details of an adopted child’s whereabouts to her birth mother to fund a luxury Caribbean holiday has been given a suspended jail term.’
The Guardian, 6th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The revised guidelines on sentencing children and young people and reduction in sentence for a guilty plea have come into effect today (1 June 2017).’
Sentencing Council, 1st June 2017
Source: www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk
‘A heroin addict will spend at least 18 years in prison for murdering his partner’s two-year-old son in a fit of temper when he was left alone with the child for a few minutes.’
The Guardian, 5th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A father who has admitted that he owned the dog which mauled his 20-day-old baby to death, is facing jail. Ryan Young, 32, initially denied owning the terrier-type dog but changed his plea at Newcastle Crown Court.’
The Independent, 5th June 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Alex Verdan QC, Sam King and Ruth Kirby, all of 4 Paper Buildings, consider recent judgments in cases involving parental disputes resulting from one parent deciding to depart life in an Hassidic community.’
Family Law Week, 30th May 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘The revised guidelines on sentencing children and young people and reduction in sentence for a guilty plea have come into effect today (1 June 2017).’
Sentencing Council, 1st June 2017
Source: www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk
‘For decades they have provided a confidential listening service for those on the edge of despair or contemplating suicide.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The parents of a severely ill baby will take their legal battle to an emergency hearing at the supreme court next week in the hope of persuading judges that he should be treated in the US.’
The Guardian, 31st May 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Claimant lawyers have strongly criticised government plans for a new administrative compensation scheme for birth injury claims, with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers saying that families would “be held hostage” under it.’
Litigation Futures, 30th May 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘People who violently attack children will get longer jail terms under a Tory Government, Theresa May will announce today as part a major crackdown.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th May 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A “bullying” mother robbed her teenage son of his childhood by convincing him he was dying, a judge has said.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th May 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The parents of a baby with a rare genetic condition have urged appeal judges not to stand in the way of their “only remaining hope” of his survival.’
BBC News, 23rd May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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