Category: fostering

Regina (SA (A Child) (by SH as litigation friend)) v Kent County Council (Secretary of State for Education, intervener) – WLR Daily

Posted November 15th, 2011 in appeals, children, families, fostering, law reports, local government by sally

Regina (SA (A Child) (by SH as litigation friend)) v Kent County Council (Secretary of State for Education, intervener) [2011] EWCA Civ 1303; [2011] WLR (D) 326

“The obligations imposed on a local authority in certain circumstances pursuant to section 23(2) and (6) of the Children Act 1989, relating to the provision of accommodation and/or maintenance for certain children in need and being looked after by the authority, were to be considered as alternatives, rather than as parallel means by which to achieve a single statutory purpose.”

WLR Daily, 10th November 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Judge scrutinises ill man’s removal from foster home – The Independent

Posted October 21st, 2011 in care homes, disabled persons, fostering, local government, news by sally

“A High Court judge has ordered a local authority to provide details about its decision to remove a man with severe medical difficulties from his former foster parents.”

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The Independent, 21st October 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Coventry City Council v O and others – WLR Daily

Posted June 24th, 2011 in adoption, county courts, fostering, injunctions, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

Coventry City Council v O and others [2011] EWCA Civ 729; [2011] WLR (D) 205

“Where foster parents issued a notice of intention to adopt a child they were fostering, the local authority retained the power to remove the child from the foster parents’ home to the home either of other foster parents or of prospective adopters, under section 38 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.”

WLR Daily, 22nd June 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Foster carer Patrick Gallagher jailed for child sex abuse – BBC News

Posted May 24th, 2011 in child abuse, fostering, news, sentencing, sexual offences by sally

“An ex-foster father who sexually abused vulnerable boys placed in his care for more than a decade has been told by a judge he ‘should die in jail’.”

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BBC News, 24th May 2011

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Anti-gay Christian couple lose foster care case – The Guardian

Posted March 1st, 2011 in Christianity, fostering, homosexuality, news, religious discrimination, sexual orientation discrimination by sally

“A Pentecostal Christian couple have lost their high court claim that they were discriminated against by a local authority because they insisted on their right to tell young foster children that homosexuality is morally wrong.”

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The Guardian, 28th February 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Couple ‘doomed’ to be turned down as foster carers, court told – The Guardian

Posted November 2nd, 2010 in fostering, homosexuality, news by sally

“High court asked to clarify whether views on homosexuality are compatible with fostering children.”

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The Guardian, 1st November 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Mother fails to gain reunion with daughter in Northants – BBC News

Posted October 8th, 2010 in care orders, fostering, mental health, news by sally

“A mother has failed in a bid to be reunited with her daughter, despite the appeal court in London recognising the bond between them.”

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BBC News, 7th October 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Sheffield City Council v Wall and others – WLR Daily

Posted August 3rd, 2010 in appeals, fostering, housing, law reports, local government by sally

Sheffield City Council v Wall and others; [2010] EWCA Civ 922; [2010] WLR (D) 221

“The foster son of a late council tenant was not entitled to succeed to the tenancy under the Housing Act 1985.”

WLR Daily, 2nd  August 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Grandmother wins Kent County Council foster care ruling – BBC News

Posted May 11th, 2010 in carers, fostering, news by sally

“A grandmother has won the legal right to be paid as a foster carer for looking after her granddaughter.”

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BBC News, 10th May 2010

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Boy forced to move in with father will go to foster home first – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 17th, 2010 in children, custody, fostering, news by sally

“The 12-year-old, who has always lived with his mother, will leave school this afternoon and be picked up by his foster parents. He will stay with them until the Easter holidays when he will be taken from the West Midlands to live with his father near London, whom he has not seen for four years. The enforced move was ordered by the High Court after a judge ruled that the boy, known only as Child C, would suffer ’emotional harm’ if kept from his father.”

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Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Catholic mother launches legal battle after son placed with gay foster parents – Sunday Telegraph

Posted June 8th, 2009 in fostering, homosexuality, news by sally

“The mother of a 10-year-old Catholic boy has launched a legal battle after a council placed him with homosexual foster carers.”

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Sunday Telegraph, 7th June 2009

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Foster parents not warned of teen sex offender who raped their son – The Times

Posted March 3rd, 2009 in criminal records, fostering, news, rape, social security by sally

“Social workers failed to warn foster parents about sexual offences committed by a teenager placed in their care who went on to rape their two-year-old son and abuse their nine-year-old daughter.”

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The Times, 3rd March 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Smokers are banned from fostering – BBC News

Posted November 5th, 2008 in fostering, news, smoking by sally

“Smokers in a north-east London borough will not be able to foster children from January 2012 – unless there are ‘exceptional circumstances’.

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BBC News, 5th November 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Sadistic’ carer’s sentence cut – BBC News

Posted September 26th, 2008 in child abuse, fostering, news, sentencing by sally

“A foster mother who abused three children in her care has had her 14-year jail sentence cut by two years.”

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BBC News, 26th September 2008

Source: www.bb.co.uk

‘Sadistic’ carer fights sentence – BBC News

Posted September 26th, 2008 in child abuse, fostering, news, sentencing by sally

“A foster mother who abused three children in her care is attempting to have her 14-year jail sentence cut.”

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BBC News, 26th September 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Vulnerable children failed by notification scheme and ‘private fostering’ – The Times

Posted August 4th, 2008 in child abuse, child neglect, fostering, news by sally

“Thousands of young children are at risk of neglect or abuse because the system set up to protect them in the wake of the death of Victoria Climbié is failing.”

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The Times, 4th August 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Couple who won’t accept homosexuality win right to foster – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 12th, 2008 in fostering, homosexuality, news by sally

“A couple who were rejected as foster parents after they refused to condone homosexuality have won their battle to apply to be carers.”

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Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk