Annual Resolution Conference – Speech by Sir Nicholas Wall
Annual Resolution Conference (PDF)
Speech by Sir Nicholas Wall, President of the Family Division
Annual Resolution Conference, 24th March 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Annual Resolution Conference (PDF)
Speech by Sir Nicholas Wall, President of the Family Division
Annual Resolution Conference, 24th March 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Some of Wales’ most vulnerable children and young people are unaware of their statutory right to an independent professional advocate due to a system without a clear set of checks and balances, according to the Children’s Commissioner for Wales, Keith Towler.”
Family Law Week, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
“Where a child was conceived by a mother and a father by virtue of an agreement between them that the child would live with and be brought up in the care of the mother and her female partner as the primary care givers of the child, there could be no general rule in family proceedings that the biological father was to be regarded only as a ‘secondary’ parent or to have a limited relationship with the child. Each case was fact specific and the welfare of the child was paramount.”
WLR Daily, 14th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Jacqueline Renton of 4 Paper Buildings reviews the latest key decisions in international children law.”
Family Law Week, 12th March 2012
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“A man branded a war criminal by a judge has been allowed to stay in Britain because of his human rights.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The mother of a 14-year-old boy who was headbutted and assaulted by a Metropolitan police constable said the officer should be kicked out of the force for attacking a child.”
The Guardian, 9th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) Act 2012 published
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“A man and woman who tortured and killed a 15-year-old boy because they believed he was a witch have been found guilty of murder.”
The Guardian, 1st March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Rachel Langdale QC and James Robottom of 7 Bedford Row consider the jurisprudence and practical realities concerning the participation and involvement of children in proceedings relating to them.”
Family Law Week, 28th February 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service, the Met and the Home Office have all recently been forced to pay out compensation to children. In one case, a teenage witness was put at risk; in the other 40 asylum seekers were locked up in adult units. All three organisations have sought to reassure the public that policy and procedures have changed as a result. But what would have happened to these cases had the legal aid bill (Laspo), now approaching report stage in the Lords, already become law?”
The Guardian, 27th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A six-year-old West Midland girl who suffered severe brain damage in a car crash involving a speeding driver has been awarded £5m compensation.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2012
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“The ‘evil’ crime of trafficking in human beings was highlighted by leading judges today.”
The Independent, 20th February 2012
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“John Tughan, Barrister, of 4 Paper Buildings reviews recent developments in Public Law Children.”
Family Law Week, 19th February 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“A schoolboy has become one of the youngest people in the country to be given a criminal record after he admitted vandalism during an arson attack when he was 10 years old.”
The Independent, 18th February 2012
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“The recent Government Response to the Family Justice Review has at its centre an entitlement to a legally binding presumption of shared parenting. Legislation in favour of shared parenting would represent the greatest change to the Children Act since its creation in 1989. Arguably, the proposal represents a levelling of the playing field, addressing a perceived imbalance in the treatment of parents post-separation, to others it is a legislative minefield detracting from the primary consideration – the child.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 17th February 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“The Home Office has paid compensation of more than £1m, plus £1m costs, in a case involving 40 child asylum seekers who were wrongly detained as adults, it has been reported.”
The Independent, 18th February 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Children’s Commissioner has said it would have to ‘consider’ a possible review of how rescued trafficked children are cared for before agreeing to take it on.”
The Independent, 16th February 2012
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“The Crown Prosecution Service and Met Police paid a family more than £600,000 ($943,000) in damages and costs after a child witness was identified to a gang.”
BBC News, 15th February 2012
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“This case concerns the application of human rights exceptions to the deportation of individuals who were married to British citizens or who had British children.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th February 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Sally Gore, barrister, of 14 Gray’s Inn Square analyses the Government’s response to the Family Justice Review in the context of current family law practice.”
Family Law Week, 13th February 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com