Elsie Scully-Hicks: Killer dad ‘was suitable to adopt’ – BBC News
‘A father who murdered his 18-month-old baby was given a “glowing report” on his suitability to adopt her, a judge has found.’
BBC News, 20th November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: adoption
Judges reject challenge over adoption and special guardianship for half-brothers – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Court of Appeal has dismissed a case brought against Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council over whether a child should be adopted when his older half-brothers, who lived with the same couple, were to be the subject of a special guardianship order.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th November 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Elsie Scully-Hicks: Dad jailed for life for murder – BBC News
‘A man who murdered his 18-month-old daughter just two weeks after formally adopting her has been handed a life sentence.’
BBC News, 7th November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Elsie Scully-Hicks: Murdered by adopted father – BBC News
‘Elsie Scully-Hicks was just 18 months old when she died from catastrophic injuries. Her adopted father Matthew Scully-Hicks inflicted a catalogue of violence on her in the eight months she lived with him.’
BBC News, 6th November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Public Law Clients with Learning Disabilities – Bridging the gap – Family Law Week
‘Gillian Geddes, barrister, of Hind Court considers the correct focus for public law arguments in support of parents with learning disabilities being allowed to care for their children.’
Family Law Week, 20th September 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Judge blasts lack of therapy for mother faced with losing second child – Local Government Lawyer
‘A Family Court judge has questioned the spending of money on the issuing of legal proceedings and on psychological evidence when this expenditure is incurred before attempts have been made at therapeutic support, in a case where a vulnerable mother was faced with the loss of a second child to adoption.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th September 2017
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Children: Public Law Update (August 2017) – Family Law Week
‘John Tughan QC of 4 Paper Buildings reviews a range of recent important public law cases.’
Family Law Week, 9th August 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Christian magistrate in gay adoption row set for legal battle with 0NHS bosses – Daily Telegraph
‘A Christian magistrate who lost his job and then his role as an NHS director for speaking out against adoption by same-sex parents will this week sue NHS bosses claiming political correctness can prevent Christians holding public posts.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Madonna and twin girls accept damages over Mail Online article – The Guardian
‘Madonna and her twin daughters, Stella and Estere, have accepted undisclosed damages from Associated Newspapers over a “serious invasion of privacy”.’
The Guardian, 27th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Wonder of mobile internet means I can deal with cases on the move, top family court judge says – Daily Telegraph
‘England’s most senior family court judge has told how he kept up to speed with a case via the internet while travelling home for a Bank Holiday weekend on a train.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Sikh couple in legal action after adoption agency tells them not to apply – Local Government Lawyer
‘A British couple of Sikh Indian heritage are to bring legal action after they were told by a council-run adoption agency not to apply to become adoptive parents because only white babies were available.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th June 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
British Sikh couple take legal action after being advised not to adopt – The Guardian
‘A British Sikh couple are bringing a legal case, claiming they were advised by an adoption agency not to apply because of their “cultural heritage”.’
The Guardian, 27th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Support worker sold adopted child’s details to mother to fund holiday – The Guardian
‘A family support worker who sold details of an adopted child’s whereabouts to her birth mother to fund a luxury Caribbean holiday has been given a suspended jail term.’
The Guardian, 6th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Willpower & determination – New Law Journal
‘Paola Fudakowska & Henrietta Mason provide a wills & probate update.’
New Law Journal, 19th May 2017
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Finance and Divorce Update, May 2017 – Family Law Week
‘Frances Bailey, Principal Associate and Naomi Shelton, Associate, both of Mills & Reeve LLP, analyse the news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during April 2017.’
Family Law Week, 12th may 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Munby lambasts council over “profoundly concerning” adoption case – Local Government Lawyer
‘The president of the Family Division, Sir James Munby, has made scathing criticisms of Brighton & Hove City Council’s conduct in a complex adoption case.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th April 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Fall in decisions for adoption orders halted but local variation remains: report – Local Government Lawyer
‘The fall in decisions for adoption and placement orders seems to have halted but this masks a high degree of variation in decision-making at a local and regional level, data collected by the Adoption Leadership Board has suggested.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th April 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Convention’s prohibition on discrimination may apply to pre-Human Rights Act wills: Chancery Court – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Hand and Anor v George [2017] EWHC 533 (Ch) (17 March 2017). The Adoption of Children Act 1926 s.5(2) had the effect that adopted children were not treated as “children” for the purposes of testamentary dispositions of property. The continuing application of this provision was a breach of the rights guaranteed by Article 14 in combination with Article 8 of the Convention. Therefore, the contemporary version of that provision, Adoption Act 1976 Sch.2 para.6, had to be read down so as to uphold the right not to be discriminated against.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th March 2017
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
We need to rethink adoption in the social media age, says senior judge – The Guardian
‘Too many children are being forcibly adopted against the wishes of their families and prevented from having any contact with their natural parents, a senior judge has suggested.’
The Guardian, 9th March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
