Paedophiles could be stripped of parental rights under new law – BBC News
‘Paedophiles convicted of serious sexual offences could lose parental rights over their children under a new law.’
BBC News, 17th April 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: parental rights
High Court allows parental order application despite existence of US adoption order – Local Government Lawyer
‘The President of the Family Division has determined the issue of whether or not the commissioning parents of a child born through a surrogacy arrangement in the USA, who had already adopted their child in that country, were nevertheless entitled to have a parental order granted in their favour in England and Wales.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd April 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
How sex abusers who target their own children keep parental rights – and the mothers fighting back – The Independent
‘A mother is desperate to change her child’s surname – so that they no longer share it with their criminal father. But Emily* is being blocked from doing so by her ex, despite the fact that he is a convicted child sex offender. Her predicament is not unique. Under English and Welsh law, child sex abusers are able to keep their parental rights in the UK, even if they target their own children. This allows them to retain influence over where the child lives, as well as their healthcare and education.’
The Independent, 17th March 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘I paid £30k to protect my child from her paedophile dad’ – BBC News
‘When her daughter’s father was sent to prison for child sexual abuse, Bethan was horrified to discover he could still be allowed access to their child after he was released. It was a risk she wasn’t willing to take. Outside a Cardiff courtroom, a smartly dressed young woman sits waiting, anxiously. Bethan has never been inside a family court before, but she is here to try to protect her child – whose father has been convicted of paedophile offences and is currently in jail.’
BBC News, 20th November 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jade Ward: Pride of murdered woman’s family over law change – BBC News
‘The family of a woman who was murdered by her estranged husband say they are “overjoyed” that parental rights laws will be changed in her name.’
BBC News, 3rd October 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Children public law case update: May 2023 – Local Government Lawyer
‘Jennifer Frost rounds up the latest public law children cases of interest to practitioners.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th May 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Rights of excusal from relationships and sexuality education – Local Government Lawyer
‘Clíodhna Kelleher considers a recent High Court judgment that there was no parental right to withdraw children from relationships and sexuality education.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Questions over use of ‘psychological experts’ in parental alienation cases – The Guardian
‘Mothers are having their children taken away by court-appointed “psychological experts” who are unregulated and do not have the necessary qualifications, the Association of Clinical Psychologists UK has warned.’
The Guardian, 12th June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Jade’s Law: Family ask MPs to curb killers’ parental rights – BBC News
‘The family of a woman murdered by her estranged husband aim to curb perpetrators’ parental rights by lobbying MPs in Westminster later.’
BBC News, 8th June 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Abuse survivor calls for UK children born of rape to have ‘victim’ legal status – The Guardian
‘One of the survivors of the Rotherham grooming scandal has asked the government to give children born from rape legal “victim” status so they can receive specialist help and potentially prosecute their fathers.’
The Guardian, 16th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Notification of Fathers and Wider Family Members in Relinquishment Cases: A Recap – Family Law Week
‘Olivia Kirkbride, a pupil barrister at Coram Chambers, considers two recent, contrasting cases in which mothers sought to relinquish newly born children without notifying the fathers and family members.’
Family Law Week, 27th January 2021
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Bereaved mum in birth certificate law change bid – BBC News
‘A woman wants the law to change to make it easier to name unmarried fathers who have died on their child’s birth certificate.’
BBC News, 29th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Public law children case update: contact, nationality and stays – Local Government Lawyer
‘Georgina Dalton summarises the latest public law children rulings, covering issues such as contact during care, changing the nationality of children in care, and practice on granting short-term stays.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th September 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
ThoughtLeaders4 HNW Divorce: The Legal Implications of Donor Insemination – Pump Court Chambers
‘From single-parent families to “blended” or extended family units, whether they be same-sex parents or opposite-sex parents, the concept of the “nuclear family” has become less prevalent, and less apt, to describe modern families in the 21st century. Today’s modern family structures include those where children are created through assisted reproductive technologies and encompass sperm/ egg/embryo donation, or children born via a surrogate or are adopted. Despite dedicated legislation in the form of HEFA 1990 and 2008, the law is in a permanent state of catch-up with the advances in medical reproductive technologies. Novel legal issues are emerging, which the law has had to respond to, and grapple with.’
Pump Court Chambers, 12th August 2020
Source: www.pumpcourtchambers.com
Equal Pay, Parental Rights, Personal Beliefs and Protest Movements – a review of recent developments in the areas of sport and employment law – Littleton Chambers
‘Across the board people have been reassessing how the traditional views of what it means to be an “employee” fit within our modern world.’
Littleton Chambers, 21st July 2020
Source: littletonchambers.com
Parental Alienation: the enigma of family law – Family Law Week
‘Ian McArdle, barrister of Atlantic Chambers, Liverpool, calls for an agreed definition of “parental alienation”.’
Family Law Week, 24th July 2020
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
