by Julie D | Sep 5, 2016 | Comment, Transparency News
In July last year, we wrote a post about developments since the Leveson report (published in 2012). At that time, we had understood that some legal changes were due in November, but in fact the relevant sections (of the Crime and Courts Act 2013) have not yet taken...
by Julie D | Jun 17, 2016 | Cases, Explanation
An adoption order made by a court in England and Wales is normally irreversible, once the time limits for appeal have passed. This premise will be under scrutiny in October, when a re-hearing of an earlier fact-finding family court decision is scheduled. In a case...
by Julie D | May 22, 2016 | Comment, Trends
Last Sunday, the Prime Minister was widely quoted from the Sunday Times as being ‘unashamedly pro-adoption’ in describing the new Children and Social Work Bill announced later last week in the Queen’s Speech. The aims of the provisions in the Bill on...
by Julie D | May 5, 2016 | Comment, Dictionary
There are several instances in the media this week of Kandyce Downer being incorrectly described as a foster carer of the child she killed. See, for example here in the Telegraph. If Ms Downer had been a foster carer, there would have been local authority oversight...
by Julie D | May 3, 2016 | Cases, Court of Protection, Notorious
In V v Associated Newspapers [2016] EWCOP 21, published on 25 April, Mr Justice Charles, Deputy President and Judge in Charge of the Court of Protection, uses the word ‘prurient’ several times about the press coverage of earlier judgments in the case of...
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