Charlie Gard’s parents lose life support court appeal – BBC News
‘Doctors can stop providing life-support treatment to ill baby Charlie Gard, Court of Appeal judges have ruled.’
BBC News, 25th May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: parental rights
Parents ‘should decide care of baby’ – BBC News
‘The parents of a seven-month-old baby who are challenging doctors in court to keep him on life support say they deserve the right to judge his care.’
BBC News, 7th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The right of a natural father without parental responsibility to receive notice of adoption proceedings – No. 5 Chambers
‘This short article examines the law concerning the right of a natural father without parental responsibility to receive notice of adoption proceedings relating to his child.’
No. 5 Chambers, 19th September 2016
Source: www.no5.com
Separated couple called daughter by different names, court hears – The Independent
‘A separated couple called their three-year-old daughter different names, a family court judge has heard.’
The Independent, 30th August 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Parents with disabilities – Park Square Barristers
‘It is entirely common for care proceedings to involve parents with learning disabilities or difficulties. This case is essential reading for all practitioners involved in such cases. It sets out the expectations on the state (inevitably through a local authority) to provide support to such parents in caring for their children.’
Park Square Barristers, 23rd June 2016
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
Father loses right to care for baby son after social services raise alarm over his ‘risky’ use of apps ‘for the purposes of sexual intercourse’ – Daily Telegraph
‘A 29-year-old unemployed man who wanted to care for his baby son has lost a family court fight after social workers complained about him meeting women online for sex.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Surrogacy update – June 2016 – Family Law Week
‘Andrew Powell, barrister, 4 Paper Buildings, reviews recent important judgments concerning surrogacy law.’
Family Law Week, 29th June 2016
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Muslim man loses high court bid to have sons circumcised – The Guardian
‘A devout Muslim has failed to persuade a high court judge to rule that his sons should be circumcised.’
The Guardian, 19th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Wrongful Birth and Wrongful Conception – The Rights of the Father – Hardwicke Chambers
‘The law on recovery for damages in wrongful birth and wrongful conception cases has been settled for some time; since the cases of McFarlane v Tayside Board of Health [2000] 2 AC 59, Parkinson v St James and Seacroft University Hospital NHS Trust [2001] EWCA Civ 530 and Rees v Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust [2002] EWCA Civ 88 there has been little, if any, disruption to the status quo. It is clear however that there do remain some unanswered questions regarding the limits of recovery in this area; one such query arose in the more recent case of Whitehead v Searle [2008] EWCA Civ 285, where the rights of a father in these actions was considered.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 8th April 2016
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Covert Recording by Parents – Nothing to Fear but the Truth? – Family Law Week
‘Farooq Ahmed, barrister of Westgate Chambers and recorder, addresses the legal issues arising when parents embroiled in children proceedings record conversations or events.’
Family Law Week, 8th April 2016
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Paedophile awarded legal aid in fight to see son, eight – Daily Telegraph
‘Convicted sex criminal, named only as ‘Q’, was given taxpayer funding on human rights grounds to fight lack of contact with son.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st February 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Estranged lesbian couple’s fight over child goes to supreme court – The Guardian
‘The question of whether a seven-year-old girl, caught up in an international dispute between her estranged lesbian mothers, should be subject to British justice is to be decided by the supreme court.’
The Guardian, 8th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Does Article 8 survive adoption? – UK Human Rights Blog
‘There has been further consideration of potential post-adoption Article 8 rights for natural parents in a judgment by Peter Jackson J in the case of Seddon v Oldham MBC. There are no surprises in the conclusions he reaches.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th October 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
In re Z (A Child) (Foreign Surrogacy: Parental Order) – WLR Daily
In re Z (A Child) (Foreign Surrogacy: Parental Order): [2015] EWFC 73; [2015] WLR (D) 375
‘Since section 54(1) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 provided that in certain circumstances the court might make a parental order on the application of “two people”, it was not open to the court to make such an order on the application of one person only; nor could section 54(1) be “read down” in accordance with section 3(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998 to enable that to be done.’
WLR Daily, 7th September 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
