Category: children

Principal Reporter v K and others – WLR Daily

Posted December 17th, 2010 in children, contact orders, human rights, law reports, parental rights, Scotland by sally

Principal Reporter v K and others [2010] UKSC 56; [2010] WLR (D) 332

“Positive procedural obligations inherent in the right to respect for family life required sufficient safeguards to be put in place so that a parent or other person whose family life with the child was at risk in the proceedings was given a proper opportunity to participate in the decision-making process.”

WLR Daily, 16th December 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

New compassionate approach to family returns – UK Border Agency

Posted December 17th, 2010 in children, detention, immigration, press releases by sally

“Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre will close to children with immediate effect today, following a review of the detention of children and family returns by the government working with key partners.”

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UK Border Agency, 16th December 2010

Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk

Family Law Bar Association Warns of Consequences of Civil Legal Aid Cuts – The Bar Council

Posted December 14th, 2010 in children, domestic violence, legal aid, press releases by sally

“Ahead of Justice Secretary, Kenneth Clarke QC MP’s appearance before the Justice Select Committee tomorrow, the Family Law Bar Association (FLBA), which represents family barristers in England and Wales, has warned of the potentially dangerous consequences of the planned cuts to civil legal aid.”

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The Bar Council, 14th December 2010

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

Nativity photos not against law, says data watchdog – BBC News

Posted December 8th, 2010 in children, data protection, news, photography by sally

“Parents should be free to photograph their children in nativity plays, the Information Commissioner has said.”

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BBC News, 8th December 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

High Court upholds bid to ban cigarette machines – The Independent

Posted December 2nd, 2010 in children, news, sale of goods, smoking by sally

“Government plans to ban cigarette vending machines to help prevent under-age smoking were upheld as lawful by the High Court today.”

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The Independent, 1st December 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Hair test ‘nearly cost mother baby’ – BBC News

Posted December 2nd, 2010 in alcoholism, children, news, social services by sally

“A hair test on a mother who nearly lost her child over alcohol allegations has been criticised by the High Court – potentially calling into question some tests done in similar cases.”

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BBC News, 1st December 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Let sex offenders adopt and work with children, says report – The Guardian

Posted November 30th, 2010 in adoption, children, news, sexual offences by sally

“The government could face legal action if it continues to ban sex offenders from working with children, according to new research published today.”

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The Guardian, 30th November 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Family courts have lost authority, warns judge – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted November 29th, 2010 in children, family courts, news by sally

“A High Court judge has warned that the family court needs to reassert its authority to tackle the ‘lack of respect’ shown for its orders.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 29th November 2010

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Lets hear it for the child; Restoring the Authority of the Family Court, Blue skies and Sacred cows – Speech by Mr Justice Coleridge

Posted November 29th, 2010 in children, family courts, judiciary, speeches by sally

Lets hear it for the child; Restoring the Authority of the Family Court, Blue skies and Sacred cows (PDF)

Speech by Mr Justice Coleridge

Association of Lawyers for Children: 21st Annual Conference, 26th November 2010

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Merton London Borough Council v Sinclair Collis Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted November 11th, 2010 in children, law reports, sale of goods, smoking by sally

Merton London Borough Council v Sinclair Collis Ltd [2010] WLR (D) 286

“Notwithstanding the civil complaint procedure embodied in s 7(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (as amended), a sale of tobacco to a person under the age of 18 through a cigarette vending machine was capable of being an offence contrary to s 7(1) of the 1933 Act.”

WLR Daily, 10th November 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

6,000 childminders and nurseries failing to keep children safe – Ofsted – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 29th, 2010 in children, news by sally

“The watchdog said that 15 per cent of childcare providers inspected between September 2008 and September 2010 – 5,978 in total – fell short of basic legal standards for child protection and welfare and were ordered to make urgent improvements.”

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Daily Telegraph, 28th October 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Lord chief justice calls for reform of family system

Posted October 27th, 2010 in children, custody, family courts, news by sally

“The adversarial court system is not appropriate for settling parental disputes over the custody of children, the lord chief justice said today.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 26th October 2010

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Child detention in immigration centres faces legal challenge – The Guardian

Posted October 26th, 2010 in children, detention, news by sally

“A high court challenge to bring to an immediate end the detention of children in immigration removal centres was launched today.”

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The Guardian, 26th October 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Regina (SO) v London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (The Children’s Society intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted October 22nd, 2010 in asylum, children, housing, law reports, local government by sally

Regina (SO) v London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (The Children’s Society intervening) [2010] EWCA Civ 634 1101; [2010] WLR (D) 257

“Local authorities enjoyed, by virtue of s 23C(4)(c) of the Children Act 1989, the power to accommodate a person who had formerly been a child in care and was therefore a former ‘relevant child’ within s 23A of the Act, and a local authority was not entitled, when considering whether the welfare of a former ‘relevant child’ who was also an asylum seeker required that he be accommodated by it, to take into account the possibility of support by the National Asylum Support Service.”

WLR Daily, 20th October 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Children to be protected from risks of reality shows with new laws – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 18th, 2010 in children, media, news by sally

“Reality television shows face curbs on their use of children amid concerns that young participants are being exploited by programme-makers.”

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Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Forced mediation ‘may not serve interests of children’ – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted October 15th, 2010 in children, dispute resolution, news by sally

“Family solicitors have warned that government plans to divert private law disputes over children away from the courts and towards mediation may not lead to child-focused outcomes.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 14th October 2010

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Girl persuades judge not to send her back to Canada as Middlesbrough is ‘more exciting’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 24th, 2010 in appeals, child abduction, children, family courts, news by sally

“The schoolgirl who was ‘abducted’ from her father’s home in Canada by her English mother won the right not to return after telling judges: “I never, never in my whole life want to go back there. The 13-year-old made clear her determination to stay in the Teesside town when Lord Justice Thorpe and Lady Justice Smith took the unique step of holding a private interview with her halfway through a hearing at London’s Civil Appeal Court.”

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Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Children ‘used as ammunition’ in separations – The Guardian

Posted September 21st, 2010 in children, divorce, news, speeches by sally

“Parents who split up are damaging their children’s welfare by using them as ‘ammunition’ in the separation process, according to England’s most senior family court judge.”

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The Guardian, 21st September 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Home Office to deport Jamaican mother after 10 years in UK – The Guardian

Posted September 15th, 2010 in asylum, children, deportation, immigration, news by sally

“A hunger striker who protested at the treatment of immigration detainees in Yarl’s Wood detention centre is due to be deported to Jamaica today.”

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The Guardian, 15th September 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Barnado’s chief calls for age of criminal responsibility to be raised – The Observer

Posted September 13th, 2010 in children, criminal responsibility, news, reports by sally

“Martin Narey says children shouldn’t be held legally accountable for actions until they are 12.”

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The Observer, 12th September 2010

Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/