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ZH (Tanzania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted February 3rd, 2011 in asylum, children, deportation, human rights, immigration, law reports by sally

Regina (ZH Tanzania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKSC 4; [2011] WLR (D) 32

“The need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children who were in the United Kingdom was a primary consideration when immigration authorities were making a decision as to the deportation of a parent whose application for asylum in the United Kingdom had been refused. Once the children’s best interests had been identified, the authorities were then required to assess whether those interests were outweighed by any other considerations such as the need to maintain a proper and efficient system of immigration control. When the children had British citizenship that was of particular importance in assessing their best interests.”

WLR Daily, 2nd February 2011

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Regina (Z) v Croydon London Borough Council – WLR Daily

Posted February 3rd, 2011 in asylum, children, judicial review, law reports by sally

Regina (Z) v Croydon London Borough Council [2011] EWCA Civ 59; [2011] WLR (D) 29

“Where a court was considering whether to grant permission to proceed with a claim for judicial review of a local authority’s decision in an age assessment case the court should ask whether the material before it raised a factual case which, taken at its highest, could not properly succeed in a contested factual hearing. If so, permission should be refused. If not, permission should normally be granted, subject to other discretionary factors, such as delay. It was axiomatic that an unaccompanied asylum seeker who claimed to be a child should be given, where an assessment of his age was being conducted by a local authority, a fair and proper opportunity, at a stage when a possible adverse decision was no more than provisional, to deal with important points adverse to his age case which weighed against him.”

WLR Daily, 2nd February 2011

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Landmark human rights ruling allows asylum mother to remain in UK – The Guardian

Posted February 2nd, 2011 in asylum, children, human rights, news by sally

“Immigration authorities will have to listen to the views of children whose parents are facing deportation, the supreme court has said, in a landmark human rights ruling on the rights of children born to illegal immigrants.”

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The Guardian, 1st February 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Yarl’s Wood child detention ruled unlawful – The Guardian

Posted January 12th, 2011 in children, detention, immigration, news by sally

“A high court judge has ruled that two mothers and their children were unlawfully detained at Yarl’s Wood immigration centre after dawn raids on their homes last year.”

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The Guardian, 11th January 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Most child offenders should not face court, says report – BBC News

Posted January 5th, 2011 in children, criminal justice, Crown Court, news by sally

“The government is being urged to end Crown Court trials for children in England and Wales.”

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BBC News, 5th January 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Mother discovered in bed with 14-year-old boy is jailed – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 20th, 2010 in children, news, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

“A mother-of-two who was caught having sex with her 14-year-old schoolboy lover has been jailed for three years.”

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Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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

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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

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

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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

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