‘A former nursery worker has been acquitted over the death of a three-year-old girl in her care. Lydia Bishop got her neck caught in a rope on an outdoor slide in September 2012, on what was her first full day at York College nursery. Sophee Redhead, 25, of York, had denied manslaughter by gross negligence.’
BBC News, 6th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Sarah Phillimore, barrister of St John’s Chambers, Bristol, and Daniela Nickols, associate solicitor with Mowbray Woodwards, analyse the recent case of X,Y, and Z [2014] EWHC 87 (COP) in which the Court of Protection considered the interplay between the best interests of a protected party and that party’s children.’
Family Law Week, 5th February 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Delays in information being shared by agencies, staffing problems and insufficient training led to failures to intervene in the case of a four-year-old boy beaten to death by his mother and stepfather, a report has found.’
The Guardian, 5th February 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
RC v CC and another [2014] EWHC 131 (COP); [2014] WLR (D) 43
‘The jurisdiction to refuse disclosure of materials to the parties in children cases was clearly established and the same fundamental principles applied in cases relating to incapacitated adults in the Court of Protection. The test to be applied was that of “strict necessity” and the question was whether it was necessary, in the interests of the incapacitated person, for the information not to be disclosed.’
WLR Daily, 30th January 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A woman has been ordered to stop an online “campaign” against a court’s decision to take her two-year-old granddaughter into care.’
The Independent, 28th January 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The brain may fill in gaps when it cannot remember details from childhood, according to study which could have important implications for court cases.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th January 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A 10-year-old girl who was left brain damaged after she was accidentally injected with glue in her brain is to receive a multimillion-pound payout.’
BBC News, 27th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘John Tughan, barrister of 4 Paper Buildings, analyses recent judgments in public law children cases and, in particular, the Re B-S line of authorities.’
Family Law Week, 24th January 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Moors murderer Ian Brady’s bid to be transferred from hospital to jail was rejected for his own health and safety, a judge said on Friday.’
The Guardian, 24th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Judge Nicholas Francis QC says “untold misery” has resulted from the courtroom battle between Susan and Richard Shield and their children over who owns shares in the family’s RA Shield Holdings company’
Daily Telegraph, 24th January 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Hundreds of potentially unwell children in England and Wales have been placed in police cells after being detained under the Mental Health Act as officers had no place else to take them.’
The Independent, 26th January 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A Bristol hospital has apologised over the treatment a four-year-old heart patient received on a ward after his parents condemned his care as “shambolic”.’
The Independent, 23rd January 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The deaths of the six Philpott children in a house fire started by their parents “could not have been predicted or prevented”, a serious case review has found.’
The Guardian, 24th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Lawyers may not always think of themselves as business people; family lawyers in particular are often very client focused, looking to achieve the best outcome for parties who are going through what will often be one of the worst periods of their lives. It can be hard, when weighed down with a busy caseload, to peak above the parapet and take time to reflect on how family law is changing. All businesses change over time, some faster than others. Change within the family law justice system has accelerated at an incredible pace in the last few years and 2014 will be no exception.’
New Law Journal, 22nd January 2014
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘In relation to an adolescent child, is the state of mind of the child relevant to whether or not habitual residence has been acquired in the place where the child is living?’
Sovereign Chambers, 20th January 2014
Source: www.sovereignchambers.co.uk
In re E (A Child) [2014] EWHC 6 (Fam); [2014] WLR (D) 10
‘In any care or other public law case with a European dimension good practice would now require the court to set out explicitly the basis upon which it had either accepted or rejected jurisdiction and to identify the precise basis upon which it had proceeded. Furthermore, in cases involving foreign nationals there had to be transparency and openness as between the English family courts and the consular and other authorities of the relevant foreign state.’
WLR Daily, 14th January 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Marc Willers analyses the impact of a High Court ruling which gave an important judgment on the provision of care for nomadic Gypsy and Traveller children.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 17th January 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.com
In the matter of LC (Children)In the matter of LC (Children) (No 2) [2014] UKSC 1
Supreme Court, 15th January 2014
‘Two men and three teenage boys have been found guilty of a series of rapes and sexual assaults on young girls.
Zdeno Mirga, 18, Hassan Abdulla, 33, and three boys were convicted at the Old Bailey. The Crown Prosecution Service said it was one of the “worst cases” of child sex abuse it had seen.’
BBC News, 15th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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