Robbie Powell: CPS to review schoolboy’s death 24 years ago – BBC News
‘The death of a schoolboy 24 years ago from a treatable condition is to be reinvestigated by the Crown Prosecution Service.’
BBC News, 4th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: children
Portsmouth tattooist inked 13-year-old girl – BBC News
‘An unlicensed tattooist who inked a 13-year-old girl has been given an eight-month suspended jail sentence.’
BBC News, 4th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court judge refuses application by Treasury to lift automatic suspension – Local Government Lawyer
‘A High Court judge has dismissed an application by the Treasury and two of its agencies to lift an automatic suspension under the Public Contracts Regulations 1996.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th November 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Student with schizophrenia must have son adopted – The Guardian
‘A student with a history of severe mental illness has been told by a family court judge that her toddler son must be adopted.’
The Guardian, 3rd November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal aid cuts denied mother a fair hearing, says senior judge – The Guardian
‘A senior family court judge has condemned the injustice of the newly pared-back legal aid system after an illiterate mother of four, with poor sight and hearing, was forced to represent herself in a court hearing over the custody of her children.’
The Guardian, 2nd November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Removal of subsidy for spare room not unlawful – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Whether you call it the “spare room subsidy” or the “bedroom tax”, the removal of this type of housing benefit has been nothing short of controversial. There have been several previous legal challenges to the Regulations, as well as to the benefit cap introduced as part of the same package of welfare changes. The outcome of these cases was not promising for these claimants, in particular the decision of the Court of Appeal in R (MA) v Secretary of State for Work & Pensions [2014] EWCA Civ 13. Another important case is R (SG (previously JS)) v Secretary of State for Work & Pensions [2014] EWCA Civ 156.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 29th October 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Mother cleared of poisoning teenager daughter with hormones supplied by Belgian doctor says case should be landmark for parents’ rights – The Independent
‘A mother cleared of poisoning her daughter after taking desperate measures to treat a chronic condition has said that the case should be used as a landmark for other parents finding care for their children outside the NHS.’
The Independent, 30th October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Judge defends media blackout over death of Poppi Worthington – The Guardian
‘A high court judge has justified a controversial media blackout around the death of a baby in Cumbria by saying possible criminal proceedings could be prejudiced by any reporting of the case.’
The Guardian, 27th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘People think that’s what Asians are doing’, says man banned from approaching girls – Daily Telegraph
‘A High Court judge bans a group of men from approaching any girl under 18 with whom they are not personally associated after a vulnerable teenager is found in a hotel room.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th October 2014
Source: www.telegraph.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
Jade Anderson inquest: Coroner calls for dog licences – BBC News
‘A coroner has criticised dangerous dog laws and called for dog licences to be reintroduced after a 14-year-old girl was savaged to death.’
BBC News, 24th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Separated families and bedroom tax – NearlyLegal
‘This was the Liberty backed judicial review of the bedroom tax regulations on the basis that the regulations amounted to an article 8 breach, or an article 14 breach read with article 8, or that the regulations were irrational. At issue was the status of separated families where there was shared care.’
NearlyLegal, 23rd October 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
Regina (Alladin) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Regina (Wadhwa and others) v Same – WLR Daily
‘Where an applicant applied to the Secretary of State only for definite leave to remain, pursuant to section 3(1)(b) of the Immigration Act 1971, but made no request for indefinite leave to remain, and provided no material in support of the application specifically directed at an application for indefinite leave to remain, or which pointed to any disadvantage associated with the grant of discretionary leave to remain as opposed to indefinite leave to remain, the Secretary of State had no positive duty to consider what might support the granting of indefinite leave to remain.’
WLR Daily, 16th October 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Building a super-prison for children is a terrible idea – The Guardian
‘he Ministry of Justice’s bizarre plan includes a regime of physical punishment and restraint that would be a recipe for child abuse.’
The Guardian, 17th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Munchausen, MMR and mendacious “warrior mothers” – UK Human Rights Blog
‘A Local Authority and M (By his litigation friend via the Official Solicitor) v E and A (Respondents) [2014] EWCOP 33 (11 August 2014). And now the Court of Protection has published a ruling by Baker J that a a supporter of the discredited doctor Andrew Wakefield embarked on an odyssey of intrusive remedies and responses to her son’s disorder, fabricating claims of damage from immunisation, earning her membership of what science journalist Brian Deer calls the class of “Wakefield mothers.” ‘
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th October 2014
Source: http://ukhumanrightsblog.com
Grayling gives green light for staff to use force against inmates in new jail – The Guardian
‘Chris Grayling is to defy an appeal court judgement and order that staff should be able to use force to restrain teenage inmates for “the purposes of good order and discipline” at his proposed £85m privately run “super-child jail.” The proposed rule for the justice secretary’s 320-place “secure college” comes despite a court of appeal ruling in 2008 which banned the use of force after it was linked to the deaths and injury of several children in custody, including the death of a 14-year-old Gareth Myatt.’
The Guardian, 16th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mother Mary Kidson ‘plied daughter with unnecessary medication’ – The Independent
‘A mother poisoned her daughter by plying her with a cocktail of drugs obtained by touring the clinics of multiple doctors until she was prescribed the medication she had decided the teenager needed, a court heard today.’
The Independent, 13th October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Jackson rules on causing psychological harm by intentional statement – Litigation Futures
‘Lord Justice Jackson has joined two other Court of Appeal judges in ruling that publication of a book detailing a father’s sexual abuse at school could amount to deliberately causing psychological harm to his son under the principles set out in an “obscure tort”.’
Litigation Futures, 14th October 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Transgendered Parents and Private Law Children Proceedings – Family Law Week
‘Lyndsey Sambrooks-Wright, barrister of 2 Dr Johnson’s Buildings, considers issues arising in private law children proceedings when one parent undergoes gender reassignment.’
Family Law Week, 7th October 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
