Category: children

CoA issues guidance on placement timings after local authority wrongly proceeded with ‘farewell visit’ while father’s application for permission to appeal was pending – Local Government Lawyer

Posted August 5th, 2024 in adoption, appeals, children, families, local government, news, placement orders, time limits by tracey

‘The Court of Appeal has outlined guidance on placement timings, after finding that a local authority’s decision to proceed with a farewell visit while a father’s application for permission to appeal was pending was “plainly wrong” and “contrary to the children’s interests”.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 2nd August 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Former National Crime Agency officer jailed over indecent images of children – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted August 5th, 2024 in abuse of position of trust, child abuse, children, Crown Prosecution Service, imprisonment, indecent photographs of children, misfeasance in public office, national crime agency, news, professional conduct, sexual offences, statistics by tracey

‘A former National Crime Agency (NCA) officer who used his work device to access, view and download indecent images of children, and child sexual abuse material, has today been jailed.’

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Crown Prosecution Service, 2nd August 2024

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Why did a judge name Southport stabbing suspect Axel Rudakubana?

Posted August 2nd, 2024 in anonymity, children, judges, murder, news, public interest, public order, young offenders by michael

‘Under Section 49 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, minors facing criminal charges have an automatic right to anonymity in a youth court. Judges will also impose reporting restrictions for most cases heard in an adult court if the defendant is under 18.’

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The Independent, 1st August 2024

Source: www.independent.co.uk

A View from The President’s Chambers: July 2024 – Courts & Tribunals Judiciary

Posted August 1st, 2024 in children, families, family courts, judges, news by tracey

‘A View from The President’s Chambers: July 2024.’

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Courts & Tribunals Judiciary, 31st July 2024

Source: www.judiciary.uk

Judge lifts anonymity in family court judgment involving Premier League footballer – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted August 1st, 2024 in anonymity, children, families, family courts, financial dispute resolution, financial provision, news, sport by tracey

‘A judge has taken the unusual step of publishing an unanonymised and unredacted family court judgment involving Premier League footballer and England vice-captain Kyle Walker – after concluding that to anonymise or redact the judgment would have opened the court to ridicule.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 31st July 2024

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Family court judge rules on if twins exist – BBC News

Posted August 1st, 2024 in children, coercive & controlling behaviour, families, family courts, news, pregnancy by tracey

‘A High Court judge has ruled that there is “some evidence” that at least one child was born in an exceptional family dispute between a separated couple. The ex-husband told the court that he believed his wife had been pregnant when they split up and that she had given birth to twin boys, who would now be three years old.’

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BBC News, 1st August 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Puberty blockers ban imposed by Tory government is lawful, high court rules – The Guardian

Posted July 30th, 2024 in children, consultations, emergency powers, judicial review, medicines, ministers' powers and duties, news, transgender persons by sally

‘A ban on prescribing puberty blockers to children with gender dysphoria in England, Scotland and Wales was lawful, a high court judge has ruled.’

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The Guardian, 29th July 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com

Failure to Clarify Immigration Status in Care Proceedings by Lucy Coen – Broadway Chambers

Posted July 29th, 2024 in care orders, chambers articles, children, citizenship, guardianship, immigration, local government, news by sally

‘In the recent matter of Y (Failure to Clarify Immigration Status), Re [2024] EWFC 159, the High Court gives useful guidance in respect of public law children cases where there is a question in relation to the immigration status of either the subject child or parents.’

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Broadway Chambers, 29th July 2024

Source: www.broadwayhouse.co.uk

Paedophile Anthony Stocks who raped girl and threw boy off 100ft Brighton cliff jailed – The Independent

Posted July 29th, 2024 in attempted murder, child abuse, children, imprisonment, news, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

‘A paedophile who pushed a boy off a 100ft cliff to prevent him from revealing that he was raping a young girl has been jailed.’

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The Independent, 28th July 2024

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Two unsuccessful bites at the legal parenthood cherry – really in the child’s best interests? – Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law

Posted July 26th, 2024 in adoption, children, families, family courts, Law Commission, news, parental responsibility, statute law revision, surrogacy by sally

‘This case review considers Theis J’s judgment in Re Z (Surrogacy: Step-parent Adoption) [2024] EWFC 20, in which she refused a step-parent adoption order but made several other orders in relation to contact and the exercise of parental responsibility between the three adults involved. I posit that while the judgment probably represents the best possible outcome all round – especially the best interests of the child at its heart – it does not reflect the lived reality of most surrogacy agreements entered into in this country, or the experiences of those involved. It does, however, indicate that proposed reforms as recommended by the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission in 2023 would be welcome, especially as the intention behind them is precisely to protect against breakdowns in surrogacy arrangements such as sadly happened in this case.’

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Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 23rd July 2024

Source: www.tandfonline.com

High Court rejects claim asylum seeker was a child when he entered UK and had his age assessed – Local Government Lawyer

Posted July 26th, 2024 in asylum, children, costs, immigration, local government, news by sally

‘No arguable public law error arose when the London Borough of Hounslow assessed a Sudanese asylum seeker as being an adult.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 25th July 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

PXT (A Child) v Atere-Roberts [2024] EWHC 1372 (KB) Costs Management: possible, and beneficial, even when the Claimant is a child – 12 King’s Bench Walk

Posted July 24th, 2024 in accidents, chambers articles, children, costs, damages, news, personal injuries by tracey

‘In this case Master Brown ordered that a case involving a child claimant should be subject to costs management, despite falling within an exception to automatic costs budgeting, and despite the medical prognosis not yet being finalised.’

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12 King's Bench Walk, 12th July 2024

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High Court judge stresses importance of resolving immigration status early in care proceedings – Local Government Lawyer

Posted July 23rd, 2024 in care orders, children, citizenship, guardianship, immigration, local government, news by tracey

‘A High Court judge has highlighted the need to ensure that the immigration status of a child in public law proceedings before the Family Court is clarified at the “earliest opportunity”, and that any issues with respect to that child’s immigration status are dealt with before final orders are made.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 22nd July 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Family Court judge criticises “manifest delay” in case where new-born child remained in foster care for over two years – Local Government Lawyer

Posted July 23rd, 2024 in children, delay, fostering, guardianship, local government, news by tracey

‘A Family Court Judge has criticised the “manifest and wholly unconscionable” delay in a case where a new-born child remained in foster care for over two years.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 22nd July 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Newborn baby made homeless by Home Office in frenzy to clear asylum backlog – The Guardian

Posted July 22nd, 2024 in asylum, benefits, children, families, government departments, homelessness, immigration, news by sally

‘A father with a newborn baby and a mother with two children are among the asylum seekers made homeless by the Home Office after it wrongly withdrew their claims, it can be revealed.’

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The Guardian, 20th July 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com

Children missing from Home Office hotels likely to have been trafficked, report finds – The Guardian

Posted July 17th, 2024 in asylum, children, gangs, government departments, hotels, immigration, kidnapping, news, refugees, trafficking in human beings by tracey

‘Scores of asylum-seeking children are still missing from the UK’s Home Office hotels as a new report reveals that many are likely to have been trafficked.’

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The Guardian, 17th July 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com

Interim relief in age assessment cases – revisited – Local Government Lawyer

Posted July 16th, 2024 in children, housing, immigration, judicial review, local government, news, young persons by tracey

‘Joshua Swirsky discusses a case where Upper Tribunal Judge Smith once again had to consider the balance of convenience in an age assessment case when interim relief is sought.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 12th July 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Local authorities, care orders and consent to confinement – Local Government Lawyer

Posted July 16th, 2024 in care orders, children, consent, deprivation of liberty safeguards, families, family courts, local government, news by tracey

‘Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) analyses another striking decision from Lieven J.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 12th July 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Bug-spread baby deaths ‘could have been prevented’ – BBC News

Posted July 16th, 2024 in birth, children, hospitals, news, reports by tracey

‘Two babies died on a hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit during a bacterial outbreak which could have been prevented, the BBC has learned.’

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BBC News, 16th July 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Ampleforth inquiry finds alleged serious abuse against pupils in last 10 years – The Guardian

Posted July 15th, 2024 in Charity Commission, child abuse, children, Christianity, inquiries, news, school children, teachers by tracey

‘An inquiry into the running of a prestigious private school said it uncovered a string of “serious abuse allegations” committed against pupils by monks and staff within the last decade.’

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The Guardian, 12th July 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com