‘A county council has defended a High Court challenge to its decisions to reduce a severely disabled man’s personal budget and revise his care and support plan.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th February 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘This is part two of a two-part series on trans rights from leading equality and human rights barrister Claire McCann at Cloisters. Part one explores toilets and gender identity.’
Cloisters, 14th February 2017
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘The last five years have brought important reforms to care proceedings. The Judiciary made proposals for modernising family justice with a focus on strong judicial leadership, judicial continuity and better case management.2 The Family Justice Review3 recommended that the duration of care proceedings should be limited to 26 weeks, that fewer experts should be instructed in proceedings and there should be more limited scrutiny of the care plan, with the court considering only the plan for permanency (care by the parents(s), placement in the extended family, long-term fostering, or adoption) and not matters such as services for the child and contact arrangements. The Review’s recommendations were enacted in the Children and Families Act 2014, supplemented by new procedural rules (the PLO 2014) and implemented on April 22, 2014. This date also marked the opening of the Family Court, replacing the triple jurisdiction of the Family Proceedings Court, the County Court and the High Court. ‘
Family Law Week, 17th February 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘What leads a young child to stand up in front of his class and tell his school friends that he agrees with the aims and objectives of the so-called Islamic State?’
BBC News, 14th February 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mother who allowed her two children to sleep in her bed has had them taken away from her by a family court judge after social workers raised concerns.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A “troubled” police force heavily criticised after the death of 13-month-old Poppi Worthington needs “immediate” improvement in order to protect children, watchdogs have said.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Gabrielle Jan Posner, barrister of Trinity Chambers, Chelmsford, argues for the greater use of child contact interventions in appropriate circumstances.’
Family Law week, 11th January 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Agencies missed several chances to protect a girl who died after being fed drugs by her mother, a serious case review has found.’
BBC News, 11th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Bill described as “a bonfire of child protection rights”, which would let councils opt out of key legal duties to children, is being debated on Tuesday.’
BBC News, 10th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to introduce wide-ranging social reforms to correct what she calls the “burning injustices” in modern society.’
BBC News, 8th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has strongly criticised a council and a police force for serious breaches of the Human Rights Act, after two children were retained in care despite their mother not being charged with an offence following her arrest.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th January 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The current attitude towards victim support reveals much about societal attitudes towards domestic abuse, which does not see dignity as something abuse survivors are entitled to as a fundamental and inalienable human right, but rather as an additional extra for which they must work, opt in to, convince society that they have earned.’
The Independent, 16th December 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Children are being left “at risk of harm” because of the government’s failure to develop “credible” plans to improve child protection, MPs warn.’
BBC News, 16th December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police and social services in West Yorkshire were guilty of “a serious systematic failure” to safeguard a vulnerable girl who was groomed and raped by at least 13 men, an investigation has found. A serious case review by the Bradford Safeguarding Children Board found insufficient steps were taken to protect the girl from exploitation.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Re: W (A child) [2016] EWCA Civ 1140. A Family Court judgment was severely critical of two witnesses and the applicant local authority. In an oral “bullet point” judgment at the end of the hearing, the Judge found that the witnesses, a social worker (“SW”) and a police officer (“PO”), had improperly conspired to prove certain allegations regardless of the truth, or professional guidelines.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th November 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A social worker and a police officer have successfully crossed what McFarlane LJ called “legal landmines” to secure deletion of criticisms made of them by a judge.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd November 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Bianca Jackson, barrister of Coram Chambers, sets out the civil remedies available to persons subjected to harassment.’
Family Law Week, 15th November 2016
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘There are many impediments to children registering their entitlement to British citizenship. Solange Valdez and Steve Symonds have previously written for Legal Voice on the separate issues of good character and Home Office fees. A whole other set of difficulties arises for many children in relation to evidence.’
Legal Voice, 18th November 2016
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
‘It is not open to a council to refuse to make provision for a person otherwise entitled to after-care services under s.117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 on the basis that the claimant is in receipt of damages for personal injury including for the cost of such care, a High Court judge has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th November 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The UK government’s welfare reform policy has resulted in systematic violations of the human rights of disabled persons, according to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.’
RightsInfo, 14th November 2016
Source: www.rightsinfo.org
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