UK’s first drug and alcohol court – BBC News
“Three London councils have combined to set up the UK’s first Family Drug and Alcohol Court.”
BBC News, 26th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: family courts
Court secrecy rules hide child abuse errors – Daily Telegraph
“Shocking failures in the child protection system are being hidden by the secrecy of England’s family courts.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th August 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Courts won’t reveal rulings in adoption cases – Daily Telegraph
“Family courts are refusing to tell mothers why their babies are being taken away and put up for forced adoption.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Family courts appeal wins backing of MPs – Daily Telegraph
“A campaign for a public inquiry into miscarriages of justice in family courts has won the backing of 23 MPs, writes Ben Leapman.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Faster childcare proceedings – vital for vulnerable children – HM Courts Service
“Consultations on proposals to speed up childcare proceedings and improve local authority applications to bring about quicker decisions on the care arrangements for vulnerable children.”
Faster childcare proceedings – vital for vulnerable children
HM Courts Service, 11th July 2007
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
MP bids to lift secrecy in family courts – The Daily Telegraph
“A legal bid to lift the secrecy surrounding children taken from parents and put up for adoption has been launched by an MP.”
The Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Ears of the Child in Family Proceedings – Speech by Lord Justice Wilson
The Ears of the Child in Family Proceedings (PDF)
Speech by Lord Justice Wilson, 28th June 2007
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Don’t ignore children, urges judge – The Times
“A senior family judge has urged his fellow judges to stop children from being sidelined in court proceedings so that they failed to understand what was going on.”
The Times, 29th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
More family cases go behind closed doors – The Times
“Thousands of children’s care cases will be heard behind closed doors under proposals from the Lord Chancellor yesterday that extend courts’ powers to exclude the media.”
The Times, 21st June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
U-turn over plan for media in family courts – The Guardian
“The government is expected to do a U-turn today on its proposal to open up the family courts to the media, in the face of opposition from lawyers, social workers, young people and children’s organisations.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The judge with children at heart – Daily Telegraph
“Nick Crichton takes children into care. Sitting as a full-time judge at the specialist family proceedings court in central London, he knows there is little chance that mothers will get their children back once the local authority has put them into long-term fostering or adoption.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
From start to finish – one case, one judge – The Times
“If there’s a theme to his coming year in office it has to be judge power. District Judge Michael Tennant favours judges having powers to enforce orders for contact with children when flouted by parents; he favours judges being in charge of a case from start to finish; and above all he would like more resources for the courts — although that one, he accepts, is likely to remain on his wish list.”
The Times, 17th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
