“This case concerns a hitherto little-explored aspect of the right to a private and family life: a parent’s opportunity to teach their offspring about their own religious faith.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th July 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A doctor wanted after abducting her daughter and vanishing in the wake of a marriage breakup has been told by a judge ‘the courts will not give up’.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A record number of child-custody cases were fought in court last month, in what experts believe may be a rush before cuts to legal aid start to bite.”
The Independent, 11th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The family court system is in danger of ‘collapsing in on itself’ after a surge in the number of warring parents turning up in person to launch child custody cases because of legal aid cuts, leading lawyers are warning.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Cross-border legal disputes involving child abduction and custody rows have more than doubled in the past two years, according to the judicial office specialising in international family cases.”
The Guardian, 1st May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A ‘cruelly deceived’ father whose son was put up for adoption without him even
knowing of his existence has had his hopes of gaining custody dashed following a
court ruling.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Legal aid for the 120,000 couples who divorce in a typical year all but disappears in England and Wales this week, except in cases where domestic violence can be proved. While many are predicting a big increase in DIY divorces, costing as little as £37, the changes have also prompted the arrival of a raft of new fixed-fee legal deals that keep lawyers’ bills below £500.”
The Guardian, 6th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Foreign nationals are to be denied the right to obtain legal aid for civil cases until they have lived in Britain for at least a year, the justice secretary Chris Grayling will announce this week.”
The Guardian, 7th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“This complicated inter-jurisdictional battle between estranged parents is a stark illustration of how difficult it can be in these sorts of cases to apply the law in the fog of family warfare.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 4th April 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“An owner has won a nine-month legal battle, fighting tooth and claw for custody of a cat that went missing for six years after its adopted family refused to give her up.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A promise to end routine strip-searching of children in custody is being flouted, according to data revealing there were more than 43,000 recorded incidences involving children as young as 12 over a 21-month period – but in only 275 searches were illicit items found.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The High Court will hear a legal challenge to the practice of treating 17-year-olds detained in police custody as adults, in a judicial review being brought by Just For Kids Law next week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd February 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Warring parents are increasingly attempting to ‘brainwash’ their children to get the upper hand in custody disputes, according to lawyers.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Radhika Handa, barrister, of Coram Chambers compares the court’s consideration of children’s wishes in Hague Convention and Children Act cases, in both private and public law.”
Family Law Week, 26th October 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Advisory service reports rise in cases where British couples split up after moving overseas, where UK judges have no say over who gets the children.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A couple, who could not have children, have been told by the High Court they can keep a baby born in Nigeria, despite tests showing they were not the child’s biological parents.”
BBC News, 18th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A father wrongly convicted of causing grievous bodily harm and cruelty against his baby daughter has been told he can care for his children again.”
BBC News, 13th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Annual Conference: The Coroners’ Society of England and Wales (PDF)
Speech by His Honour Judge Peter Thornton QC, Chief Coroner
The Coroners’ Society of England and Wales, 21st September 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The first chief coroner of England and Wales has promised to establish a cadre of specialists to examine deaths in custody and military fatalities.”
The Guardian, 21st September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Metropolitan Police has commissioned an independent review into how it responds to people with mental health conditions.”
BBC News, 24th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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