“An eight-year-old girl who told her mother that two 10-year-old boys had sexually assaulted her, yesterday said in court that she had lied about the incident because she had been ‘naughty’ and was worried she would not get any sweets.”
The Independent, 14th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The uncle of a four-year-old boy who was mauled to death by a pit-bull has pleaded guilty to breeding and owning a dangerous dog.”
BBC News, 11th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former girls’ football team coach has been jailed for six years for spiking a girl’s drink with a drug during a day trip to a theme park.”
BBC News, 10th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“One of the longest-running legal cases in UK history, centred on systemic sexual abuse at children’s homes in the north-west of England, is poised to end after a judge found in favour of two men who claimed they had been sexually assaulted while in care.”
The Observer, 9th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An Algerian terror suspect has been allowed to stay in Britain because attempts to remove him have taken so long his children are now settled here.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A traffic warden and ex-rugby referee has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for sexually abusing two girls.”
BBC News, 6th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who killed his newborn daughter the first time he was left alone with her has been jailed for five years.”
The Guardian, 6th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Apart from hopeless or abusive cases, a local authority faced with an application for support and accommodation pending the determination of an arguable application for leave to remain on human rights grounds, should not refuse assistance if that would have the effect of requiring the person to leave the United Kingdom thereby forfeiting his claim.”
WLR Daily, 30th April 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.
“Families that brought a class action over the biggest case of child poisoning since thalidomide were celebrating tonight after reaching an out-of-court settlement with their local council. The result ends an 11-year battle waged by the families of 19 children born with deformities caused by toxic dust from a former steelworks in Corby, Northamptonshire.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A five-year-old girl involved in a ‘tug-of-love’ case has made legal history after being consulted by a court about which parent she wants to live with.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th April 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Measures rushed through parliament at the ‘eleventh hour’ to allow greater media reporting of the family courts will put vulnerable children at risk, lawyers have warned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th April 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Under-18s are to be banned from using sunbeds under new legislation passed by Parliament. Tanning salons will also have to be manned, meaning that coin-operated booths will be outlawed after several children suffered serious burns after using them without supervision.”
The Independent, 9th April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A baby spent 100 days in detention in Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre, the chief inspector of prisons discloses in a highly critical report published tomorrow.”
The Guardian, 24th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers have been granted permission to challenge the government’s detention policy, which they claim amounts to ‘cruel, inhumane and degrading’ treatment of women and children.”
The Guardian, 20th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 17-year-old boy has been convicted of killing his baby daughter in Lancashire by shaking her during a momentary loss of temper.”
BBC News, 17th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The 12-year-old, who has always lived with his mother, will leave school this afternoon and be picked up by his foster parents. He will stay with them until the Easter holidays when he will be taken from the West Midlands to live with his father near London, whom he has not seen for four years. The enforced move was ordered by the High Court after a judge ruled that the boy, known only as Child C, would suffer ’emotional harm’ if kept from his father.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Fresh package of funding and reform unveiled as the government’s independent child safety adviser warns the children’s secretary of a rise in demand on frontline services.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An 81-year-old man who sexually assaulted a six-year-old girl has been given an eight month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months.”
BBC News, 16th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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