“Children from the UK will now have international protection if they move to another country outside the European Union. The 1996 Hague Convention will be in force from today meaning the public can be assured that countries which have opted in to the treaty will uphold and enforce a court order involving the protection of a child.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st November 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Absent parents who fail to support their children may no longer be threatened with jail after a court ruling against a Government body set up to pursue them.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“It has long been accepted that a failure to wear a seatbelt will affect proportion of damages that a Claimant can receive for an accident, if that failure caused or contributed to his injury. This new case from April 2012 applies the same reasoning to the use of child seats and the apportionment of liability.”
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Zenith Chambers, 22nd October 2012
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
“Government plans to introduce a legislative presumption of shared parenting could undermine child welfare and increase the volume of litigation, according to the Law Society.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th September 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Alex Verdan QC of 4 Paper Buildings considers those judgments of the last few months which are of most importance in the area of private law children proceedings.”
Family Law Week, 5th September 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“Sally Gore, barrister, of 14 Gray’s Inn Square, examines developments concerning applications for assessment under section 38(6) of the Children Act 1989 culminating in the Court of Appeal’s clarification in S (A Child) [2011].”
Family Law Week, 27th July 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Absent fathers will be hit with up to £500 in fines for missing child support payments under tough new rules raising the cost of divorce.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Parents who coerce their children to marry will face jail under moves to be set out tomorrow by David Cameron.”
The Independent, 7th June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Alex Verdan QC of 4 Paper Buildings considers several recent important judgments covering a range of private law issues concerning children.”
Family Law Week, 23rd May 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Bindu Bansal, Solicitor with Paris Smith LLP, considers the advantages and disadvantages of establishing a presumption of shared parenting.”
Family Law Week, 29th April 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“A children’s charity has called for the law on child neglect to be overhauled.”
BBC News, 23rd April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The gay father of a two-year-old boy living with his lesbian mother and her partner has won the right to be involved in his life in a landmark ruling that could have significant implications for ‘alternative families’.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Alex Verdan QC reviews the most significant of the latest judgments in private law Children applications.”
Family Law Week, 7th February 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Nearly 12,000 parents were prosecuted and 25 given prison sentences because of their children’s truancy from school last year, figures show. The longest jail sentence imposed on a parent was 90 days, according to the Ministry of Justice . A total of 11,757 parents were prosecuted for failing to ensure their child’s attendance at school, up from 11,188 the year before.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teenage mother has lost her fight to be allowed to bring up the daughter she gave birth to when she was just 14 years old.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A high court judge’s ruling reveals the importance of deciding on parental roles before embarking on artificial insemination.”
The Guardian, 11th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A couple who allowed their adopted daughters to be abused by two paedophiles were jailed today for child cruelty after a judge condemned their ‘deplorable and terrible betrayal of trust’.”
The Guardian, 1st October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A lesbian whose former partner bore a child through artificial insemination cannot be ordered to pay any maintenance, a High Court judge ruled today.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A mother-of-five has been jailed after her 15-year-daughter played truant for 100 days in just four months.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th April 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Childless couples who acquire a baby using a surrogate mother abroad risk not being recognised as its parents in Britain if they flout British law by paying fees, fertility lawyers have warned.”
The Guardian, 5th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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