‘At the age of 10, England and Wales have the lowest minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) in the EU. It means that from the penultimate year of primary school, children can stand trial in an adult criminal court.’
25 Bedford Row, 4th December 2019
Source: www.25bedfordrow.com
‘‘I’d like a sibling assessment too, please’ are words usually accompanied by a roll of the eyes as the already stretched social work team tots up the extra work involved. On the extensive list of parenting assessments, viability and kinship assessments, expert assessment and so forth, the sibling assessment is often the bottom of the priorities.’
Parklane Plowden Chambers, 2nd December 2019
Source: www.parklaneplowden.co.uk
‘A police officer suffered a life-changing spinal injury after a mother threw her own child at them in a rage, a court heard.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The local authority was applying for a secure accommodation order in respect of B (aged 15). B and her parents opposed this, mainly because the proposed placement was some distance away.’
Transparency Project, 29th November 2019
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘On 22 November, the Church of England issued the following Press Release which announces the appointment of safeguarding consultant Jane Humphreys as the independent reviewer into its handling of the allegations relating to the late Revd Trevor Devamanikkam.’
Law & Religion UK, 23rd November 2019
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘Aformer model must lose the £2.2m inheritance from her Swiss banker boyfriend, the Court of Appeal has ruled, and instead give it back to his children.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th November 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Two boys found dead with their father at a house were unlawfully killed, a coroner has concluded.’
BBC News, 27th November 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend’s 23-month-old daughter because she would not stop crying.’
The Independent, 27th November 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A pub has become the first in the UK to lose its gaming licence after it failed to stop children using machines.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th November 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Natalie Cross summarises important guidance on the approach to be taken to vulnerable witnesses and parties in the Family Courts.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd November 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘British orphaned children of Islamic State fighters have been rescued from Syria, in the first evacuation by the UK Government of nationals stranded in the war-torn country following the fall of the “caliphate”.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Secretary of State has withdrawn her appeal against the decision of the Administrative court in R(ota K, a child by her litigation friend) v SSHD [2018] EWHC 1834 (Admin).’
Garden Court Chambers, 6th November 2019
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
‘Princess Haya bint al-Hussein of Jordan attended court in July 2019 and made three applications before the High Court of England and Wales. A Forced Marriage Protection Order, Wardship orders in respect of their two children and a non-molestation order to protect her against domestic violence.’
5SAH, 12th November 2019
Source: www.5sah.co.uk
‘In my article written in April 2018 “Not “Parental Alienation”? but heading towards intractability? What can be done” I discussed some of the challenges facing the courts where adult conflict threatens to harm the relationship between children and their parents.
Two cases decided in 2019 consider further the question of transfer of residence in cases where a child is found to be suffering harm as a result of one parent’s fixed view of the other.’
Becket Chambers, 5th November 2019
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
‘Any family practitioner will know that the concept of ‘wellbeing’ is at the heart of care and family court proceedings. Sir Andrew Macfarlane recently remarked “the general focus on wellbeing has developed coincidentally with a massive increase in pressure within the Family Justice system and, if anything, the need for every practitioner to be aware of issues of wellbeing is, in my view, at its most acute for those working in the field of Family Law”.’
KCH Garden Sq, 8th November 2019
Source: kchgardensquare.co.uk
‘Many people believe that we do not pay enough attention to the rights of children in care to stay with, or at least stay in touch with, their brothers and sisters. Our relationships with our brothers and sisters can be the longest and most valuable in our lives but, for a range of reasons, these relationships can be disrupted when children are taken into care – or adopted – and are arguably overlooked by the law.’
Transparency Project, 17th November 2019
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
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