Ava Mae Collard: Parents jailed for causing baby girl’s death – BBC News
‘A mum and dad who caused the death of their five-month-old baby girl have been jailed.’
BBC News, 27th July 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: causing serious physical harm to a child or vulnerable adult
Great grandmother had legs amputated after she was dragged under bus when driver refused to let her on – The Independent
‘An 83 year-old woman lost both her legs when she was dragged under a bus when the driver refused to let her on.’
The Independent, 28th July 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Chichester: Wife and carer jailed for enslaving disabled husband – BBC News
‘The wife and carer of a disabled man who they enslaved and left in squalid conditions have been jailed.’
BBC News, 15th July 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cardiff: Trampoline park owner sentenced over injuries – BBC News
‘The owner of an indoor trampoline park where four children broke their legs has been given a suspended sentence.’
BBC News, 20th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Havant woman jailed over ‘terrifying’ dog attack on toddler – BBC News
‘A woman whose dog seriously injured a toddler during a “terrifying” attack has been jailed for 10 months.’
BBC News, 9th December 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mother jailed for harming baby hits out at ‘unjust’ appeal ruling – The Guardian
‘A mother jailed for harming her baby has accused the courts of “injustice” after judges accepted she was a victim of abuse but ruled against an application for an appeal against her conviction made on the grounds that her violent ex-partner coerced her to lie at her trial.’
The Guardian, 1st December 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Teenager who threw six-year-old from Tate Modern was not considered a risk – The Guardian
‘An autistic teenager who threw a six-year-old boy from the Tate Modern was not considered a risk to others at the time, despite previously assaulting police and a restaurant worker and hitting support staff with a brick, a report has found.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
East Yorkshire hospital trust pays millions over child’s brain damage – BBC News
‘A child who suffered brain damage after a catastrophic fall in blood sugar levels within days of his birth is to get millions of pounds in compensation.’
BBC News, 3rd December 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Re D-S (Contact with Children in Care: Covid-19) – Family Law Week
‘This was a successful appeal against a decision of HHJ Lea to refuse a mother’s application for direct contact to her children (who were being cared for by the Local Authority) as the lockdown restrictions eased. Appeal allowed.’
Family Law Week, 13th August 2020
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Motorbiker jailed over crash that left boy, 9, without leg – BBC News
‘A motorcyclist who hit a nine-year-old boy causing him to lose part of his leg has been jailed for three years.’
BBC News, 26th June 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Roberts Case Summary – No. 5 Chambers
‘The name of this case may seem familiar; perhaps too familiar given the time it usually takes for matters to proceed through our court system. However, you’d be right. This is the third preliminary issue in the matter of Harry Roberts (a minor and a protected party by his mother and litigation friend Mrs Lauren Roberts) v Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (1), Ministry of Defence (2) and Allegemeines Krankenhaus Viersen GMBH (3) [2020] EWHC 994 (QB) to be determined by the High Court and the second in less than twelve months.’
No. 5 Chambers, 18th May 2020
Source: www.no5.com
Tate Modern balcony push: Teen admits attempted murder – BBC News
‘A teenager said he threw a boy from the 10th floor of the Tate Modern in London because he wanted to be on the TV news.’
BBC News, 6th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Parents guilty of amputee baby’s life-changing injuries – BBC News
‘The parents of a six-week-old baby boy have been found guilty of causing him near-fatal injuries which resulted in the amputation of both his legs.’
BBC News, 16th February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Monster’ who beat baby is given 17-year term – BBC News
‘A “monster” father who pretended to dote on his four-month-old daughter but broke her neck and damaged her spine has been given a 17-year term.’
BBC News, 27th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ex-police officer jailed for at least 28 years for pregnant girlfriend’s murder – The Guardian
‘An “obsessively jealous” former police officer who stabbed his pregnant girlfriend to death has been jailed for a minimum of 28 years.’
The Guardian, 24th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Shaken baby father Luke Kerwin jailed for attack on son – BBC News
‘A father who shook his baby son so hard that the youngster was left with severe brain injuries has been jailed.’
BBC News, 24th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Review into death of boy pinpoints decision of magistrates to refuse EPO – Local Government Lawyer
‘A “very unusual” Magistrates’ Court decision to refuse the grant of an emergency protection order (EPO) for a baby boy disempowered agencies, a serious case review into his death has concluded.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th April 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Swimming in the Pool: relevant factors to satisfy the threshold criteria after the Supreme Court’s judgment in J (Children) – Family Law Week
“Ben Boucher-Giles of Fountain Chambers considers the Supreme Court’s judgment in J (Children) and considers how it fits into the wider picture of findings as they relate to threshold.”
Family Law Week, 25th February 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.com
In re J (Children) (Care Proceedings: Threshold Criteria) – WLR Daily
In re J (Children) (Care Proceedings: Threshold Criteria) [2013] UKSC 9; [2013] WLR (D) 74
“A real possibility that a parent had harmed a child in the past was not, by itself, sufficient to establish that some other child that he or she now had care of was ‘likely to suffer significant harm’ within the meaning of section 31(2)(a) of the Children Act 1989 so as to meet the threshold for initiating care proceedings in respect of that other child.”
WLR Daily, 20th February 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Now in force: the offence of “causing or allowing serious physical harm to a child or vulnerable adult” – Zenith Chambers
“As of the 2nd July 2012 the offence of ‘causing or allowing serious physical harm to a child or vulnerable adult’ came into force.”
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Zenith Chambers, 16th July 2012
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
