‘The family of a private investigator found murdered outside a London pub is to be paid £50,000 for highlighting the failings of the Met Police.’
BBC News, 15th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court, 14th May 2014
‘Somali man convicted of manslaughter defeats bid to remove him from Britain, despite being single man with no children.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Family Law Finance Arbitration: a new dawn (Word)
Talk by Sir Hugh Bennett
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 30th April 2014
Source: www.flba.co.uk
‘Alex Verdan QC of 4 Paper Buildings and Saoirse Townshend of 36 Bedford Row analyse an important Court of Appeal judgment on termination of PR.’
Family Law Week, 9th May 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Human rights campaign group Liberty has been given permission by a High Court judge to bring a judicial review claim over the impact of the Government’s spare-room subsidy or “bedroom tax” on separated families with shared custody of children.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd May 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
The Family Justice Reforms (PDF)
Remarks by Sir James Munby
Judiciary of England and Wales, 29th April 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘A woman has won a temporary reprieve in her fight against being deported to her native Nigeria where she says her children face being subjected to female genital mutilation.’
The Guardian, 25th April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A baby boy who suffered head injuries inflicted by his father was refused a protection order by the courts, a serious case review has found.’
BBC News, 24th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Sally Gore, barrister of Fourteen, considers a pressing concern of local authorities and immigrant families: the duties owed under Part III of the Children Act 1989 to individuals who have no recourse to public funding.’
Family Law Week, 9th April 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for 20 months for neglecting his elderly mother and defrauding her of thousands of pounds.’
BBC News, 7th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Social services ask High Court to give two young children new names and even cut links with other siblings to protect them from abusive parents.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd April 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The welfare of children will be brought closer to the family court system as key safeguarding organisation Cafcass joins the Ministry of Justice, Family Justice Minister Simon Hughes has announced.’
Ministry of Justice, 1st April 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
TW v Enfield London Borough Council [2014] EWCA Civ 362; [2014] WLR (D) 145
‘When an approved social worker was considering whether it was “reasonably practicable” to consult the “nearest relative” before making an application to admit a patient, pursuant to sections 3(1) and 13(1) of the Mental Health Act 1983, section 11(4) of the Act imposed on that social worker an obligation to strike a balance between the patient’s right under article 5 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms not to be detained unless it was done by a procedure that was in accordance with the law and the patient’s right to a private life under article 8.’
WLR Daily, 27th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Adults convicted of acts of emotional cruelty against children in their care will face the same threat of jail as those guilty of physical neglect, under new laws being considered by ministers.’
The Guardian, 31st March 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Joshua Viney, pupil at 1 Hare Court, considers the implications of the Court of Appeal judgment in Tan v Choy and the ongoing debate concerning the fifth indent of Article 3 of Brussels IIR.’
Family Law Week, 26th March 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Michael Jones, barrister of 15 Winckley Square Chambers, offers a guide to practitioners conducting care proceedings involving families with European origins.’
Family Law Week, 25th March 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Children separated from their parents in secret family court judgments must be able to find out the reasons for the court’s decisions when they grow up, the most senior family judge has said. Sir James Munby, the President of the Family Division, said it was “great concern” that the judgments of all family court judges were not routinely transcribed and published.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An Islamic teacher who molested a girl as he taught her the Koran has avoided prison after claiming his family was dependent on him because his wife speaks “very little English”.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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