“The parents of a baby boy who died of meningitis have won a five-figure payout from a hospital trust after doctors twice failed to spot the symptoms of his illness.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A teenager who was paralysed in a car crash which killed her mother is to receive record compensation worth £23 million.”
The Independent, 19th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A 15-year-old boy denied the chance to give evidence to a legal hearing about whether he should stay with his mother or be taken into care has launched a Court of Appeal test case.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police officers often face ‘no realistic option’ other than locking children as young as 11 years old in cells under mental health laws, it has emerged.”
The Independent, 18th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Children in care are being threatened with separation from siblings and other family members because local authorities are attempting to rush through inappropriate and premature adoptions, high court judges have told the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Child protection standards in the social services department at the centre of the Edlington torture scandal have got worse rather then better despite high-profile Government intervention, a report will show today.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Where an unaccompanied young person claimed asylum in the United Kingdom and applied to a local authority for the provision of services as a child in need under section 20 of the Children Act 1989, to determine whether that claimant was a child separate assessments were required for immigration purposes and for services from a local authority. The local authority was not bound by the finding of the Home Secretary as to the age of the claimant either under domestic or EU law.”
WLR Daily, 7th November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Ofcom has criticised Channel 4 for airing dating show Love Shaft, which featured contestants talking about ‘massive tits’, ‘slut’ and ‘part-time slut’, when young children were likely to be watching.”
The Guardian, 5th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who carried out ‘juju’ witchcraft on teenage girls he trafficked from Nigeria to Europe for prostitution has been jailed for 20 years.”
BBC News, 29th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Since the multitude of reflections provoked by the case of W v M and others [2011] EWHC 2443 (CoP) at the end of last year, there have been yet more difficult end of life decisions for the Courts this year. The tension between concepts of autonomy and dignity on the one hand, and respect for the sanctity of life and the duty to take steps to preserve it on the other, remain real and not easily resolved.”
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Thirty Nine Essex Street, 24th October 2012
Source: www. 39essex.com
“It has long been accepted that a failure to wear a seatbelt will affect proportion of damages that a Claimant can receive for an accident, if that failure caused or contributed to his injury. This new case from April 2012 applies the same reasoning to the use of child seats and the apportionment of liability.”
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Zenith Chambers, 22nd October 2012
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
A v A [2012] EWCA Civ 1396; [2012] WLR (D) 297
“Where children who had been born in England had been forcibly removed to another country and retained there by one parent against the wish of the other, that could not change the children’s place of habitual residence from England to the other country. However a child who had been born in a foreign country and had not set foot in England did not acquire on birth the habitual residence of his parents or custodial parent, even where at the time of his birth the mother was being forcibly detained in that country by the father.”
WLR Daily, 26th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Cutting child benefit for middle-class parents breaks European laws by discriminating against Britons and is open to legal challenge, ministers have been told.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Mohan v Secretary of State for the Home Department: [2012] EWCA Civ 1363; [2012] WLR (D) 291
“The Court of Appeal adopted and endorsed guidance given by the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) on the approach to be taken where the automatic deportation procedure under section 32 of the UK Borders Act 2007 arose in the context of a claim under article 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms which was also under consideration in family proceedings.”
WLR Daily, 23rd October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Radhika Handa, barrister, of Coram Chambers compares the court’s consideration of children’s wishes in Hague Convention and Children Act cases, in both private and public law.”
Family Law Week, 26th October 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Minor offences by children should be treated as a public health issue and not as crimes, according to a new report revealing failings in the justice system have cost 190 lives in a decade.”
The Guardian, 24th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two national charities have called for an urgent independent review of ‘systemic failings’ that have led to the deaths of 200 imprisoned children and young people over the past decade.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th October 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Karwan Eskerie, barrister, of 1 Crown Office Row considers Munby J’s judgment in Re G (Children) where the court had to decide between the ultra orthodox Jewish parents’ conflicting wishes for their child’s education.”
Family Law Week, 21st October 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“A couple, who could not have children, have been told by the High Court they can keep a baby born in Nigeria, despite tests showing they were not the child’s biological parents.”
BBC News, 18th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Julie Stather, barrister, of 42 Bedford Row suggests some ways to benefit children by strengthening the position of grandparents.”
Family Law week, 12th October 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
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