‘Gloucestershire county council has apologised after it unlawfully removed a young child from its mother and placed it in foster care without giving the mother or father any notice of its intention to do so.’
The Guardian, 28th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Judge writes to teenager to explain why he can’t live with his father.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A mum who suffocated her two-year-old daughter after sending the toddler’s father “one last picture” of her has been jailed for a minimum of 16 years.’
BBC News, 27th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Authorities failed to stop the radicalisation of two teenage boys who were killed while fighting for al-Qaeda in Syria despite monitoring them for years, an investigation has found.’
The Independent, 27th July 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Domestic violence campaigners say they are very concerned plans to protect children from violent parents during custody battles have been delayed. Changes to family court guidelines were announced in January, but still have not been signed off by the government.’
BBC News, 27th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Up to 57 families were not given the ashes of babies who were cremated, an investigation has found.’
BBC News, 25th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A county council has agreed to pay out £12,000 and meet the legal costs of the family of a boy with severe autism, after the local authority failed to provide the right accommodation for him.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th July 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Charlie Gard’s parents have ended their legal fight for their critically ill baby to be flown to the US for experimental treatment, saying it was too late for the process to work.’
The Guardian, 24th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court has quashed an assessment by the London Borough of Lambeth after it failed to re-assess whether a child – after a diagnosis of autism – was in need of assistance.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th July 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Sarah Jane Ewart and Rosalind English discuss the latest developments in access to abortion for Northern Irish women, the lessons to be learned from the Charlie Gard case, and the difficult decision that the courts had to reach when considering the best interests of children in an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish family, where the father had left the community as a transgender person.’
Law Pod UK, 6th July 2017
Source: audioboom.com
‘An imam who sexually touched four young girls during Qur’an lessons at a mosque has been jailed for 13 years.’
The Guardian, 7th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Gabrielle Jan Posner, Barrister and Recorder, Trinity Chambers Chelmsford, considers Cafcass’s response to the record levels of demand for its services.’
Family Law Week, 4th July 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A coroner has called for changes to the way Home Office officials in Calais and Dunkirk deal with vulnerable child refugees after a 17-year-old Kurdish refugee fled Isis in Iraq only to be crushed under the wheels of a lorry while trying to seek sanctuary in the UK.’
The Guardian, 5th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal has granted permission to the father to appeal against the decision of the High Court earlier this year. Briefly, Peter Jackson J denied a father, who now lives as a transgender person, direct contact with his five children who live with their mother in the heart of a Charedi community of ultra-orthodox Jews.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th June 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Cuts to legal aid may have stopped tenants in Grenfell Tower from pursuing safety concerns that could have prevented the fire, the president of the Law Society, Robert Bourns, has suggested.’
The Guardian, 29th June 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
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