“This was a costs application arising from an extremely important decision by Peter Jackson J in June 2012 (see Alasdair Henderson’s post here and read judgment).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th April 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“John Tughan, barrister of 4 Paper Buildings, examines two important recent judgments: the Supreme Court’s decision in J (Children) and the Court of Appeal’s in M (A Child).”
Family Law Week, 18th April 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“A couple from Oxford have been convicted of attempting to pass off a Nigerian baby as their own and bring it back to the UK.”
Home Office, 17th April 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
“In the first reported judgment on the issue since 1995, Mr Justice Baker has terminated the parental responsibility of a father who had been imprisoned for sexual abuse of his own child’s half-sisters.”
Family Law Week, 14th April 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“As the judge explicitly recognised, this case raised the clash of two principles – how to resolve the policy-driven field of planning with the rights of family under Article 8 ECHR and of the child under Article 3 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th April 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Free iPad and smartphone games which can result in children running up hefty bills for their parents through expensive in-game features are to come under scrutiny from the Office of Fair Trading.”
The Guardian, 12th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Children involved in family law cases will face extra uncertainty following a High Court ruling on the funding of expert witnesses, the Law Society has warned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th April 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ is the lead piece of statutory guidance on… well, working together to safeguard children. Originally published in 1999, a new edition was published in 2006 following the changes brought about following the death of Victoria Climbié. And the next edition in 2010 incorporated recommendations of the second Laming Report which followed the death of Baby P. It had grown longer over time, as we all learned lessons from Haringey; but its growing length was causing concern.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 9th April 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“ITV has been censured by the media regulator over a stunt on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!, involving the seven-year-old daughter of EastEnders actress Charlie Brooks.”
BBC News, 8th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Jacqueline Renton, Barrister of 4 Paper Buildings, reviews the latest key decisions in international children law.”
Family Law Week, 5th April 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“This complicated inter-jurisdictional battle between estranged parents is a stark illustration of how difficult it can be in these sorts of cases to apply the law in the fog of family warfare.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 4th April 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“In March 2012 the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Education, asked Lord Carlile to conduct an independent review of the case of the ‘J’ children in Edlington. The ‘J’ children had committed a very serious assault on two young victims in April 2009, having assaulted another young victim the previous weekend.”
Department for Education, March 2013
Source: www.education.gov.uk
In re P-S (Children) (Care Proceedings: Evidence) [2013] EWCA Civ 223; [2013] WLR (D) 113
“Although a child in care proceedings concerning him had the right to be “heard” in the proceedings, there was no rule as to how that was to be achieved, and a young boy, who had been granted status as a party to care proceedings concerning him, did not have the right to insist that he be permitted to give evidence to the court.”
WLR Daily, 21st March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Half a Century of Change: The Evidence of Child Victims (PDF)
Speech by The Right Honourable the Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Toulmin Lecture in Law and Psychiatry, 20th March 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Research should be carried out into the long-term affects on those who give evidence about sexual abuse when they are a child, the lord chief justice, Lord Judge, has urged.”
The Guardian, 20th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An overhaul of how police deal with missing people could put vulnerable children
at risk of being groomed and sexually exploited, the NSPCC has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A tax loophole which allows firms to dodge around £100 million a year in National Insurance will be closed in the Budget, it was announced.”
The Independent, 16th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Children in care in England and Wales are being needlessly criminalised for ‘trivial incidents’, MPs have warned.”
BBC News, 14th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Anti-smoking campaigners have won a battle against Gallaher, which markets brands including Benson & Hedges, Camel and Silk Cut, after the advertising watchdog banned the tobacco giant’s national advertising campaign attacking proposals for plain cigarette packaging.”
the Guardian, 13th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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