‘Two Aboriginal children who have been stranded in the UK without passports or visas since 2020 while courts decided their guardianship must be immediately brought home to Australia, the nation’s peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children says.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Austerity has contributed to a rise in the number of children in care, the most senior judge in the family courts has told the BBC.’
BBC News, 29th January 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘UK ministers will aim to stop firms from skirting around an upcoming ban on disposable vapes by eliminating ruses such as attaching charging points to them, the health secretary has said.’
The Guardian, 29th January 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government is to launch a pilot of early legal advice for separating couples to judge what impact it could have to speed up a resolution.’
Legal Furures, 26th January 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Rachel Marcus and Marcus Coates-Walker of 1 Crown Office Row join Lucy McCann to explore the principle of the scope of duty in the context of clinical negligence claims. First by analysing the decision in Khan v Meadows [2021] UKSC 21 and then discussing how the courts have grappled with scope of duty issues since.’
Law Pod UK, 25th January 2024
Source: audioboom.com
‘The High Court has given guidance on the use of intermediaries in the Family Court, in a case concerning a 2-and-a-half year old girl, which was in week 127 at the hearing last month.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th January 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A terrifying-looking paedophile who subjected a child to years of sexual abuse and rape in Kent has been locked behind bars for 18 years.’
The Independent, 23rd January 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Hundreds of child refugees have encountered abuse and exploitation and some have been placed in adult jails, after their ages were wrongly assessed by the Home Office, according to a new report.’
The Guardian, 22nd January 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An online sex blackmailer who subjected dozens of victims to “mental torture” – forcing them to film degrading sexual acts including the abuse of a seven-year-old girl – has been jailed for 24 years.’
The Independent, 20th January 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A two-year-old boy was left alone to die of starvation curled up next to the body of his father, who had suffered a fatal heart attack, his family has revealed.’
The Guardian, 17th January 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The father of a three-month old baby girl who died of fatal head injuries has admitted killing her.’
BBC News, 16th January 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A couple of brief notes on two judicial reviews on housing, the Children Act 1989 and “looked-after children”.’
Nearly Legal, 14th January 2024
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed a Guardian’s appeal against a family judge’s conclusion that she did not have jurisdiction to grant an injunction.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th January 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Derby City Council has been ordered to pay thousands in compensation after it took too long to arrange alternative education for a special needs student.’
BBC News, 14th January 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Girls were “left at the mercy” of paedophile grooming gangs for years in Rochdale because of failings by senior police and council bosses, a report has said.
The damning 173-page review covers 2004 to 2013 and sets out multiple failed investigations by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) and apparent local authority indifference to the plight of hundreds of youngsters, mainly white girls from poor backgrounds, all identified as potential victims of abuse in Rochdale by Asian men.’
The Independent, 15th January 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘In a familiar line of cases of which the first was BT v CU [2021] EWFC 87, [2022] 1 WLR 1349, paras [100]–[114], and the last In re PP (A Child: Anonymisation) [2023] EWHC 330 (Fam), [2023] 4 WLR 48, paras [49]–[62], and Augousti v Matharu [2023] EWHC 1900 (Fam), paras [68]–[93], Mostyn J has explosively ignited a most necessary debate about the anonymisation of judgments in financial remedy cases. Part of his compelling analysis – which, so far as I am aware, no-one has yet succeeded in challenging successfully – relates to the use, or as he would have it, the inveterate misuse of the rubric attached to judgments in such cases.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 8th January 2024
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘A man who reached speeds of 70mph in a 30mph zone while being chased by police, despite having four children in his car, has been jailed.’
BBC News, 9th January 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Rogue social housing landlords could be forced to repair mouldy homes within 24 hours as part of government proposals after a toddler’s death.’
BBC News, 9th January 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A recent Court of Appeal authority is a useful case for family practitioners to have in their toolkit, particularly those representing parents facing applications for interim removal of their children, writes Malvika Jaganmohan.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th January 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Andrew Roy KC considers the implications of the Court of Appeal’s recent decision CDE v Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust [2023] EWCA Civ 1330 in respect of the vexed and important issue of material contribution.’
12 King's Bench Walk, 22nd November 2023
Source: clinicalnegligence.blog
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