“A couple who repeatedly deceived health professionals by swapping their twin babies to cover up unexplained injuries that led to one daughter’s death have been convicted of child cruelty.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A new immigration rule requiring people to be able to speak English to move to the UK to be with their spouse is a breach of human rights, a court heard yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner ruled that they were in the public interest, amid claims by some victims’ families that the former Conservative prime minister tried to protect the police’s reputation.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman today broke down in tears yesterday she asked a High Court judge to allow her brain-damaged sister to die.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government has today announced proposals to crack down on sham and forced marriages, as part of a new consultation on better family migration.”
UK Border Agency, 13th July 2011
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Damian Green, the immigration minister, said he was ‘frustrated’ that domestic courts were taking a tougher line on Europe’s human rights laws than the European Court itself. The row centres on the growing instances when convicted criminals have successfully used the right to family life to avoid deportation. It emerged that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) allows for a removal unless there is an ‘insurmountable obstacle’ preventing the family from leaving too.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Family members from outside Europe who come to join close relatives settled in Britain are expected to be denied access to welfare benefits for up to five years under further plans to cut annual net migration to be detailed on Wednesday.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2011
source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The news that the government is about to undertake a public consultation on family reunion policies for immigrants has been greeted with a barrage of inaccurate media reports. This is especially true when it comes to reporting on the current state of play in UK law and the use of article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which sets out a right to privacy and family life.”
The Guardian, 6th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service is extending its service for bereaved families at court, announced the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, today. He also welcomed the Victims Commissioners report: Review into the Needs of Families Bereaved by Homicide.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 6th July 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“The families of murder victims receive worse treatment from the courts than the rich and wealthy who want to protect their privacy and they need a statutory ‘victims’ law’ to protect their rights.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Home Office is to review a central plank of human rights law in an admission that it is causing serious damage to Britain’s border controls.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A high court judge has blocked attempts by families of soldiers killed in Iraq to seek compensation from the government under human rights legislation.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Kenneth Clarke has said he recognises the ‘appalling’ treatment of Milly Dowler’s family at her killer’s trial.”
BBC News, 28th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The family of the murdered schoolboy Damilola Taylor have criticised as ‘insulting’ a £70,000 payout to two youths who were tried but cleared of the killing.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A prisoner has been allowed to father a child from behind bars via artificial insemination because of European laws that guarantee him the right to a ‘family life’.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The family drug and alcohol court is making a difference in breaking the intergenerational cycle of self-destructive behaviour.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v Qureshi [2011] WLR (D) 161
“A landlord of a residential occupier could not be convicted of an offence of harassment, contrary to section 1(3A) of the Protection from Eviction Act 1977, on the basis of vicarious liability.”
WLR Daily, 17th May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Outdated family laws have fuelled an ‘alarming’ rise in marital breakdown, causing ‘profound’ damage to millions of children, a High Court judge has warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ministers are to scrap the right of appeal for more than 80,000 relatives of British families who are refused visas to visit them each year, according to a leaked Home Office policy paper seen by the Guardian.”
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The Guardian, 9th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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