‘A High Court Judge has rejected an application by a father who sought to revoke placement orders made in respect of his two children, on the basis of his 11-month period of abstinence from alcohol.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th January 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A couple whose severely malnourished son’s body was found buried in the garden of their former home have been jailed.’
BBC News, 12th December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mother who kept her baby daughter hidden in a drawer for the first three years of her life has been jailed for seven years and six months for “extreme neglect”.’
BBC News, 26th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Deveca Rose’s two sets of twins were seen as well brought up yet their mother, who has been convicted of manslaughter, struggled with her mental health.’
The Guardian, 3rd October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman has been found guilty over the deaths of her four young sons in a fire at their home in London after she left them alone to go shopping.’
The Guardian. 3rd October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A nursery worker has been jailed for three years after she verbally abused four children in her care and threatened to kick one in the head.’
The Guardian, 2nd September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two premature babies died within weeks of each other after neglect by a hospital, an inquest jury has found.’
BBC News, 22nd July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘When a child suffers a head injury which medical professionals suspect may be inflicted, safeguarding processes are triggered, often leading to care proceedings and the removal of the child from the care of their parents, usuall y for many months and sometimes forever.’
Transparency Project, 27th June 2024
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
‘A juror who researched the law on child neglect to hold her own amid “personality clashes” in the jury room has been spared prison.’
Law Society's Gazette, 10th May 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A man and woman have been jailed after a child they were looking after fell out of a window while they were under the influence of drugs.’
BBC News, 30th April 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘For claims concerning alleged failures by social services departments to remove children from situations of neglect and abuse, the sands continue to shift. Decisions of the Supreme Court in CN v Poole [2019] UKSC 25 and HXA and YXA [2023] UKSC 52 appear to have narrowed the scope of claims in negligence. Attention has increasingly turned to the scope of similar claims that may be brought pursuant to Article 3 of schedule 1 to the Human Rights At 1998, in particular, relying on the ‘operational duty’ to take reasonable preventative measures to protect a member of the public from a real and immediate risk of harm of which the authorities are or ought to be aware.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 22nd March 2024
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘Safeguarding practices in the case of 10-month-old Finley Boden who was murdered by his parents were inadequate, a review has found.’
BBC News, 27th March 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A 16-year-old girl with “significant and chronic disabilities” who died in squalor at her family home in rural mid-Wales did not have a care plan in place, a child practice review into her death has found.’
The Guardian, 14th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Vulnerable children – who were often victims of abuse, neglect or sexual exploitation – were described as “making poor choices” in concerning language used by Metropolitan Police officers, according to damning report from the police watchdog, which also concluded that 12 in every 100 children were in some way blamed for their abuse.’
The Independent, 9th February 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Murders where mothers kill their babies are thankfully rare, however recent cases raise questions about the legal framework surrounding this offence, and whether laws concerning murder, manslaughter and infanticide are applied in a way that protects not only vulnerable children but also vulnerable women.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 9th October 2023
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘A coroner has found neglect contributed to a baby’s death at the hospital where he was born.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal by a local authority and remitted for rehearing a case concerning findings of fact in care proceedings.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th October 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A group that campaigns for the welfare of children in institutional settings has won an appeal that will require the Department for Education (DfE) to release analysis of incidents where children became looked after as a result of abuse or neglect.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th September 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A father without parental responsibility who has been charged with two counts of rape – and amid an allegation his son was conceived of rape – has won an appeal to be made party to care proceedings concerning the boy.’
The Guardian, 25th June 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The death of a baby who was left alone for six days while her mother partied could not have been predicted, an inquest has concluded.’
BBC News, 21st June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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