‘A 34-year-old man’s refusal of dialysis was a manifestation of his mental disorder and so he should be ordered to undergo treatment at times when he does not consent to it, a Court of Protection judge has found.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th March 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued two reprimands, or legal warnings, to schools for wrongly disclosing the personal data of children.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th March 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘‘Opt-out’ system will bring in a presumption that the deceased consents to transplants.’
The Guardian, 1st March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary is to prepare an online resource for family judges dealing with issues of consent and stereotypes in sexual cases.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th February 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court ruling that Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council must keep an allotment site in use, in a ruling that Lord Justice Lewison called “very strange”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th February 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In December 2019 Ms. Justice Russell DBE heard an appeal from a fact-finding hearing that took place in private law Children Act proceedings at the Central Family Court in London in the summer of 2019. Her judgement was given in January 2020 and is reported as JH v. MF [2020] EWHC 86 (Fam).’
Becket Chambers, 17th February 2020
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
‘Over 130 family lawyers and women’s rights groups have called for Judge Tolson’s continuing cases to be reviewed, following Justice Russell’s condemnation of the family court judge’s treatment of an allegation of sexual assault in a child protection fact-finding trial last month.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th February 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘This article explores the issue of domestic abuse in the appeal of Re H v F [2020].’
Becket Chambers, 17th February 2020
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
‘Looking at the issue of consent and considering how these cases should be approached following the decision in H v F [2020] EWHC 86 (fam).’
Parklane Plowden, 18th February 2020
Source: www.parklaneplowden.co.uk
‘A judge who dismissed a woman’s claim she had been raped, as she had done “nothing physically” to stop the alleged perpetrator, is among a number of family court judges to hold “outdated views”, a joint letter says.’
BBC News, 19th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A family case has recently been the subject of an unusual level of attention from the media, both legal and mainstream, much of it reflecting badly upon the family justice system. I thought I should look at the case, in particular, the lessons that can, or cannot, be learned from it.’
Family Law, 7th February 2020
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Lawyers, campaigners and politicians are calling for wider action to be taken after a judge was condemned for employing “obsolescent concepts” on consent in a family case.’
Law Society's Gazette, 6th February 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The use of hormone treatments for young people who want to undergo gender reassignment is to be examined by experts, it has emerged.’
The Guardian, 2nd February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Anyone who films a partner during sex without their consent is committing the criminal offence of voyeurism, the court of appeal has ruled in a case that may affect the Crown Prosecution Service’s apparent reluctance to bring charges.’
The Guardian, 28th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A former transgender patient has mounted an unprecedented legal challenge against a sex change clinic she claims is putting children on a “torturous”, “permanent” and “unnecessary path, High Court documents reveal.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd January 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A female judge has criticised an “outdated” male colleague after he ruled that a woman had not been raped by her violent partner because she “took no physical steps” to stop him during sex.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd January 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Sperm donations taken from men after they have died should be allowed, a study says.’
BBC News, 21st January 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Incidents of men taking “upskirt” photographs of women are being reported on an almost daily basis since tougher new legislation was introduced, with victims known to be as young as 13. The first figures to chart the impact of the Voyeurism Offences Act show that almost one victim a day has contacted police to report being targeted since the law came into effect in April last year.
Daily Telegraph, 10th January 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Children cannot consent to transgender treatment, a nurse bringing a landmark legal case has said, claiming that many are autistic, homosexual or just confused.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th January 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A landmark test case to establish whether children can give informed consent to medical treatment for gender reassignment begins in the high court this week.’
The Guardian, 5th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
