“A father of twin girls must be identified on their birth certificates even though his children do not know he is their father, judges have ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An English couple who paid Indian women to have their babies can keep them and bring them up as their own ruled one of Britain’s top judges, Sir Nicholas Wall ruled today (6 December).”
Daily Telegraph, 6th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Fathers who have gone through divorce or separation will not be granted a legal right to guarantee that their child has “a meaningful relationship with both parents”, according to a long-awaited report on family law.”
The Guardian, 3rd October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Daily Telegraph has learnt that plans to enshrine in law that a child has a ‘meaningful relationship with both parents’ are likely to be dropped.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A teenage mother has lost her fight to be allowed to bring up the daughter she gave birth to when she was just 14 years old.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A high court judge’s ruling reveals the importance of deciding on parental roles before embarking on artificial insemination.”
The Guardian, 11th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Paedophiles have won unsupervised access to their own children because it would breach their human rights to keep them apart, judges have ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A number of senior ministers are ready to back calls for changes in the law which could prevent foreign criminals from claiming the right to a family life to avoid being deported, it can be revealed.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Employers that offer generous maternity pay packages could land themselves in legal hot water if they fail to extend the benefit to fathers, experts have warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Theresa May, the Home Secretary and minister for women and equalities, today backed a consultation on modernising Britain’s workplace laws.”
Home Office, 16th May 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“The Government has been accused of ‘saying one thing and doing another’ after bringing in new employment rules less than a week after announcing a review of workplace law.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government is to scrap regulations due to come into force next month that would have given parents with children under 17 the right to request flexible working as part of a package of measures to reduce bureaucracy for businesses.”
The Guardian, 18th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A mother who kept her baby a secret from her husband has been told she can not have the boy adopted after judges refused to back ‘a great lie’.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Principal Reporter v K and others [2010] UKSC 56; [2010] WLR (D) 332
“Positive procedural obligations inherent in the right to respect for family life required sufficient safeguards to be put in place so that a parent or other person whose family life with the child was at risk in the proceedings was given a proper opportunity to participate in the decision-making process.”
WLR Daily, 16th December 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.
“A lesbian mother has lost her Appeal Court battle to stop the wealthy gay father of her two children spending more time with them.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st December 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A gay man and woman are fighting a bitter court battle over their two children born by artificial insemination.”
The Independent, 8th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Fathers raising concerns about their ex-partner’s new boyfriends are one of the largest groups applying for public disclosure of details of convicted child sex offenders under a newly completed pilot scheme.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“As Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, defends the Human Rights Act, here are five of the most controversial cases in which it has been invoked.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“When Rachel celebrated her daughter’s third birthday three weeks ago the little girl was a picture of happiness. Yet for her mother it was a bittersweet occasion.”
The Times, 31st May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Six prisoners in British jails have applied to have children with their partners following a landmark European court ruling that their human rights would be breached if they are prevented from becoming fathers.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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