“New homes and schools should not be built within 60 metres of high voltage power lines until the link with childhood cancers is better understood by scientists, according to a committee of MPs. They also recommend that home buyers should be provided with information on the level of electromagnetic fields within homes before they buy.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The doctor who linked the MMR jab to autism, prompting one of the biggest medical controversies of the past 10 years, paid children attending his son’s birthday party to donate their blood for his research, it was alleged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Senior judges have issued a strong warning to divorced and separated mothers that they risk losing the right to have their children live with them if they defy court orders and stop the children’s fathers seeing them. In two recent cases the court of appeal has upheld judgments moving children from their mother’s to their father’s home after the mothers flouted orders allowing the fathers to have regular contact with their children.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Administrative errors that led to damages awarded to children not being properly invested are being corrected Justice Minister Bridget Prentice told Parliament today.”
Ministry of Justice, 12th July 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Consultations on proposals to speed up childcare proceedings and improve local authority applications to bring about quicker decisions on the care arrangements for vulnerable children.”
Faster childcare proceedings – vital for vulnerable children
HM Courts Service, 11th July 2007
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
“The death of a 16-month-old girl at a nursery was the result of negligence so serious that it amounted to manslaughter, an inquest jury ruled yesterday.”
The Times, 6th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The Ears of the Child in Family Proceedings (PDF)
Speech by Lord Justice Wilson, 28th June 2007
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“A senior family judge has urged his fellow judges to stop children from being sidelined in court proceedings so that they failed to understand what was going on.”
The Times, 29th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Appeal judges are always available
A (Child)(Change of residence)
Court of Appeal
“Court of Appeal judges were available out of hours for the consideration of an immediate stay of an order from the county court.”
The Times, 27th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Introducing greater choice on how young people give evidence in court is among proposals published today that place victims and witnesses at the heart of the Criminal Justice System.”
Ministry of Justice press release, 22nd June 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A giant electronic database containing sensitive information on all 11 million children in England will be open to at least 330,000 users when it launches next year, according to government guidance.”
The Guardian, 18th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The DNA fingerprints of more than 100 children aged under 10 are on the national database, even though the youngsters are under the age of criminal responsibility, it was revealed last night.”
The Times, 15th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Moves to allow parents the right to information about people in contact with their child could hinder work to manage sex offenders, a leading children’s charity said on Wednesday.”
Reuters, 13th June 2007
Source: www.reuters.com
“A lobby of children’s experts and charities accuses the Government today of failing to protect young people from the ’emotional fallout’ divorce and separation.”
The Times, 12th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The trade in hundreds of children smuggled into the UK for sexual exploitation, drug smuggling, under-age marriage, street crime and domestic slavery was exposed last night in a government report. The Home Office-commissioned survey identifies 330 cases of suspected or confirmed victims of trafficking – most of them from China or from Africa – but warns of an ‘unknown quantity’ that have not come to the attention of the authorities.”
The Guardian, 12th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: A scoping project on child trafficking in the UK (PDF)
“Proposals to allow the public open access to information about convicted paedophiles have been ruled out by the Government.”
The Guardian, 9th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Parents will get the right to ask for details about people who are in regular contact with their children following a review of information on paedophiles.”
BBC News, 9th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Specific child need not be identified
Court of Appeal
“The offence of intentionally causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity could be committed even though it was not possible to identify any specific or identifiable child to whom the incitement was addressed.”
The Times, 8th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Family judge Nicholas Crichton has won financial backing for his initiative to set up the UK’s first US-style drug dependency court to help the growing number of babies and children who are being taken into care because of their parents’ misuse of drugs or alcohol.”
The Times, 23rd May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Crown Prosecution Service v. P [2007] EWHC 946 (Admin)
“The effect of s 34 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 was to abolish the presumption that a child was doli incapax, but not the defence itself.”
WLR Daily, 27th April 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
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