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
Category: adoption
BBC must protect privacy of woman in documentary, rules High Court – OUT-LAW.com
“The BBC must obscure the identity of a young woman in a documentary on adoption in order to protect her privacy despite the woman consenting to participate in the programme.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th July 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
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
In re P (A Child)(Adoption proceedings) – Times Law Reports
Two-stage decision process for judges
In re P (A Child) (Adoption proceedings)
Court of Appeal
“Judges hearing applications by parents for leave to defend adoption proceedings after a placement order had been made had to undertake a two-stage process: first, decide whether there had been sufficient change of circumstance; then consider what the welfare of the child required.”
The Times, 29th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
In re P (A Child) (Adoption Proceedings) – WLR Daily
In re P (A Child) (Adoption Proceedings)
“A court’s decision whether or not to grant leave to a parent to oppose the making of an adoption order, pursuant to s 47(5) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, was “a decision relating to the adoption of a child” within the meaning of s 1(1) of the 2002 Act. Therefore, by s 1(2) of the Act, the paramount consideration of the court was the child’s welfare.”
WLR Daily, 27th June 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the WLR Daily summary is removed.
In re K (Child) (Adoption: Permission to advertise) – Times Law Reports
Premature advertising for adoption
In re K (Child) (Adoption: Permission to advertise)
Family Division
“Before a child could be advertised for adoption the local authority had to be satisfied that the child ought to be placed for adoption.”
The Times, 20th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Legal battle: My son, the chimp – The Independent
“A British woman has launched a court challenge to become the legal guardian of a 160lb chimpanzee in a test case that could confer basic rights on apes across Europe. ”
The Independent, 9th April 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
