“Former Thatcherite minister Lord Tebbit is among a group of peers trying to save legal aid for children’s medical negligence cases.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Children’s Commissioner publishes a series of recommendations to improve the Government’s human rights record on children.”
Children’s Commissioner, 18th december 2011
Source: www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk
“The court gets results – but funding cuts put it under threat.”
The Guardian, 15th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Attorney General’s Office, 12th December 2011
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“Police should be banned from detaining children under 14 in police cells overnight, campaigners have said.”
BBC News, 13th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The age of criminal responsibility in England, Wales and Northern Ireland could be ‘unreasonably low’ given the emerging understanding of how slowly the brains of children mature, according to a report by the Royal Society. Widespread differences between individuals also mean that the cut-off age at which children are deemed fit to stand trial, at 10 years old, might not be justifiable in all cases.”
The Guardian, 13th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Judges should take a more active role in family cases to stop them becoming ‘battlegrounds’ for warring parents who use children as ‘ammunition’, one of the country’s most senior judges said.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Little could have been done to save the lives of two children killed by their mother, a serious case review has concluded.”
BBC News, 29th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A judge has praised the courage of a four-year-old boy for giving evidence in a trial which led to his ‘vicious’ attacker being jailed for 13 years.”
BBC News, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A volunteer religious teacher at a mosque in Yorkshire has been jailed for 10 weeks for kicking and slapping young boys during lessons at a mosque.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Prada ad campaign featuring 14-year-old actor Hailee Steinfeld, star of the Coen brothers film True Grit, in a potentially life-threatening situation has been banned by the advertising regulator.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Serious injuries or other life-threatening warning signs have been detected on 285 occasions when children have been physically restrained in privately run jails over the past five years, according to Ministry of Justice figures.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Judges should reform court procedures to make it less harrowing for teenage victims of abuse to give evidence, a report will recommend tomorrow.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An injunction was granted to the mother of actor Hugh Grant’s baby because paparazzi were making her life ‘unbearable’, a judge has explained.”
BBC News, 18th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A social club where two young boys took part in a cage-fighting event can continue to hold similar bouts even though it breached its licence, councillors said on Thursday.”
The Guardian, 17th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The obligations imposed on a local authority in certain circumstances pursuant to section 23(2) and (6) of the Children Act 1989, relating to the provision of accommodation and/or maintenance for certain children in need and being looked after by the authority, were to be considered as alternatives, rather than as parallel means by which to achieve a single statutory purpose.”
WLR Daily, 10th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A three-year-old boy was given a packet of crisps by a judge after making legal history by becoming what is believed to be the youngest child to give evidence in a British court case.”
The Independent, 12th November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Wright and another v Gater and another; [2011] EWHC 2881 (Ch); [2011] WLR (D) 318
“The court should not in principle regard the postponement of the vesting of an estate as ‘beneficial’.”
WLR Daily,7th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Watchdog rules advert was irresponsible and likely to cause serious offence after complaints that it sexualised children.”
The Guardian, 9th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A dangerous loner who preyed on young girls and threatened to burn down one teenage victim’s family home was jailed indefinitely today.”
The Independent, 8th November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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