‘Gabrielle Jan Posner, barrister of Trinity Chambers, Chelmsford, argues for the greater use of child contact interventions in appropriate circumstances.’
Family Law week, 11th January 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Agencies missed several chances to protect a girl who died after being fed drugs by her mother, a serious case review has found.’
BBC News, 11th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Prosecutors are due to open their case against television entertainer Rolf Harris, who will follow his sex attack trial remotely.
Daily Telegraph, 11th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A Bill described as “a bonfire of child protection rights”, which would let councils opt out of key legal duties to children, is being debated on Tuesday.’
BBC News, 10th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Two children who were kept in care for too long have been awarded damages from a police force and council.’
BBC News, 21st December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘One of two teenage brothers who tortured two boys in South Yorkshire told a judge he was now “the opposite of that person who did the crimes”.’
BBC News, 19th December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Children are being left “at risk of harm” because of the government’s failure to develop “credible” plans to improve child protection, MPs warn.’
BBC News, 16th December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A British couple have won a legal fight to be reunited with their children after being arrested on suspicion of trying to travel to Syria to join Islamic State.’
The Guardian, 12th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A Muslim couple arrested over fears that they were heading to Syria for “extremist activities” have won a court fight for the care of their children.’
BBC News, 11th December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘When does the state have the right to interfere in family life on the basis of radical views held by family members? Damian Woodward-Carlton reports on the inherent difficulties arising in the family courts.’
Counsel, December 2016
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘Social media sites have been ordered to block junk food adverts aimed at children under a new crackdown which also bans cartoon characters like Ronald McDonald and Tony Tiger from all promotional material of unhealthy food.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th December 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An internal Ministry of Justice (MoJ) assessment of restraint used against children and teenagers in young offenders institutions and secure training centres found that some techniques could kill or leave them disabled, it has been reported.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th December 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Nearly half a million children a week gamble and 9,000 are problem gamblers, according to a study by the industry regulator.’
The Guardian, 30th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘In Pieretti v Enfield LBC [2010] EWCA Civ 1104 (our note) the Court of Appeal held that under (the predecessor to) the Equality Act, in the course of Housing Act 1997 Part VII inquiries, a reviewing officer was required to carry out inquiries into an applicant’s disability that the Housing Act 1996 had not previously required, i.e. where the applicant had not raised the issue but the reviewing officer was on notice that there was a possibility that the applicant’s disability would be relevant. This second appeal concerned the nature and extent of those inquiries.’
Nearly Legal, 27th November 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A Heinz TV advert teaching viewers how to use cans of its baked beans to drum out a song has been banned for being dangerous for children to copy.’
The Guardian, 23rd November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Pornography websites that refuse to check ages before allowing people to watch explicit videos will be forcibly blocked, it has been announced.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘There are many impediments to children registering their entitlement to British citizenship. Solange Valdez and Steve Symonds have previously written for Legal Voice on the separate issues of good character and Home Office fees. A whole other set of difficulties arises for many children in relation to evidence.’
Legal Voice, 18th November 2016
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
‘A coroner may refer a hospital trust to the Crown Prosecution Service over allegations that a senior midwife’s evidence on the death of a five-day-old baby was tampered with.’
The Guardian, 17th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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