“A college lecturer who was caught naked in bed with a schoolgirl walked free from court after admitting an ‘error of judgement’.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina (C) v Secretary of State for Justice
Court of Appeal
“Secondary legislation laid before Parliament three weeks after a report sent by the Youth Justice Board to the directors of privatised secure training centres holding children, following two deaths in custody, was quashed as procedurally flawed and in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 14th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“A judge allowed a mother who had sex with a 14-year-old boy to walk free, saying that the boy seduced her.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A cross-party group of MPs has failed to force through a ban on smacking children in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 8th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Where a parent in family proceedings was also involved in some other relevant matter such as an asylum or immigration dispute with the Home Office, criminal proceedings or a housing dispute, practitioners acting for that parent had an ongoing duty to remain au courant with what was going on elsewhere even if that other matter was being handled by other professionals.”
WLR, 8th October 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A cross-party group of MPs is attempting to force through a ban on smacking children in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 7th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain’s secure training centres (STCs) – privately run ‘child prisons’– are using a disproportionate amount of physical force to control children in their care.”
The Independent, 5th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina (Liverpool City Council) v Hillingdon London Borough Council
Queen’s Bench Division
“An asylum-seeker who turned out to be a child in need had to be looked after by the first local authority where he lived when he made his application and not the second one into whose care he had been temporarily released.”
The Times, 3rd October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Cyber-bullying, online pornography, violent video games and websites that encourage young people to harm themselves are to be targeted by a new watchdog launched by the government today.”
The Guardian, 29th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The vast majority of disputes between parents over contact with children end with fathers having access, contrary to claims by campaign groups, new research shows.”
The Times, 26th September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government has decided to sign the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in full, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 19th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A barman who admitted raping a 12 year old girl he met through a social networking site has walked free from court after convincing a judge he was tricked into believing she was 19.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Craig Meehan, who has been found guilty of downloading images of child abuse from the internet, was only caught because of the disappearance of his former partner’s daughter, nine-year-old Shannon Matthews.”
BBC News, 16th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A High Court judge has acknowledged that workers’ careers can be ruined by unproven allegations kept on police files but refused to allow a challenge to the rules.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A controversial curfew banning youths from the streets after nightfall could be extended.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Cambridge University academic was given a 12-month suspended prison sentence today after detectives found more than 1,000 indecent images of children on his computers.”
The Independent, 5th September 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Lawyers acting on behalf of an eight-year-old boy detained in an immigration removal centre in Bedfordshire are to challenge the legality of his incarceration this week in the high court.”
The Guardian, 1st September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The launch of the Government’s flagship database of every child living in England has been delayed just days after The Daily Telegraph exposed serious concerns about its purpose.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Only one in 5,000 children who are caught carrying knives are locked up for their crime, figures out today show.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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