‘The average time for public law care or supervision cases to reach first disposal was 41 weeks in April to June 2024, down 3 weeks from the same quarter in 2023, according to the latest data published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th September 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A disciplinary panel has found that actions by two Metropolitan Police officers amounted to misconduct when they stopped and restrained a 14-year-old Black boy.’
The Independent, 28th September 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The youngest knife murderers in the UK, who were 12 years old when they attacked an “utterly defenceless” man with a machete in a park, have been sentenced to life with minimum terms of eight years and six months.’
The Guardian, 27th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Metropolitan Police officer has been sacked after a misconduct panel found he assaulted a 12-year-old child by “spanking her bare bottom on numerous occasions”.’
BBC News, 28th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mother has won a 12-year battle for compensation against an NHS hospital after successfully claiming her child suffered brain damage as a result of a botched surgery.’
The Independent, 25th September 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An NHS trust that gave four newborn babies contaminated feed has admitted that it was operating “an entirely unsafe system” at the time they became infected.
The Guardian, 24th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man has been imprisoned today (20 September 2024) for child sexual abuse of two young girls in Rotherham in the 2000s.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 20th September 2024
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A child refugee who fled Iraq has won a three-year legal battle to prove he was only 16 when he arrived undocumented in the UK, not eight to 10 years older, as British officials claimed, citing his facial hair and broad shoulders.’
The Guardian, 18th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court has rejected a legal challenge brought by parents over a decision of the Governors Disciplinary Committee (GDC) of a school to uphold the decision of the headteacher to permanently exclude their child.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th September 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Former BBC News presenter Huw Edwards has been given a suspended prison term after he admitted making indecent images of children. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard he received more than 40 images over several months from convicted sex offender Alex Williams. Here are four things we learned from the sentencing hearing.’
BBC News, 16th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has been handed a suspended sentence after accessing indecent images of children as young as seven.’
The Independent, 16th September 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A convicted rapist who was previously allowed to have unsupervised time with his child has been stripped of his parental responsibility.’
The Guardian, 14th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman whose rapist has been caught nearly 50 years after she was attacked on her way home from Girl Guides has said she is still “going through hell”.’
BBC News, 12th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Junk food TV advertisements are to be banned from airing before the 9pm watershed as part of the government’s drive to improve public health.’
The Guardian, 12th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The mother of a 12-year-old rioter who flew to Ibiza when her son was due to be sentenced for violent disorder has been ordered to pay compensation to his victims.’
The Guardian, 11th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Great Ormond Street Hospital has begun an urgent review into hundreds of cases of children seen by one of its former consultant orthopaedic surgeons after concerns were raised about his practice, according to reports.’
The Independent, 9th September 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A public inquiry begins on Tuesday into the events surrounding the crimes of child serial killer nurse Lucy Letby.’
The Independent, 10th September 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Home Office has rejected a visa application from a family trapped in Afghanistan, whose son was evacuated to the UK during the fall of Kabul.’
The Guardian, 9th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More than 90 private tutors in the UK have been convicted of sexual offences involving children over the past 20 years, the BBC has found.’
BBC News, 6th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A section 91(14) order is also sometimes known as a ‘barring order’, but this is misleading. Orders made under section 91(14) of the Children Act 1989 stop a named person from making any application under the Children Act 1989 without the court’s permission.’
2DRJ, 3rd September 2024
Source: www.2drj.com
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