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Fee Paid McKenzie Friends Research
A research study looking at the role played by Fee Paid McKenzie Friends in private law children cases has been published. The study was commissioned by the Bar Council but was carried out by an independent team of researchers. The researchers conclude that the...
The Supreme Court Is Wrong on Charlie Gard and Withdrawal of Treatment
In the matter of Charlie Gard - Permission to appeal hearing [here]. [Other posts on our blog about this case can be found here] This is a case with intense poignancy. Charlie Gard is so seriously ill that it appears undisputed that he will never lead a full life as...
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children -v- Gard – update
Supreme Court decides that permission to appeal must be refused. Case being considered by Human Rights Court. Earlier posts about this case can be found here and here. The case concerned an eight-month-old child, Charlie Gard, who suffers from Mitochondrial Depletion...
Letter to the Editor of The Sunday Telegraph
We wrote to The Sunday Telegraph on 25 May. It doesn't look as if they are going to publish our letter, so we thought we'd publish it here. You can read related posts here, here and here. dtletters@telegraph.co.uk, stletters@telegraph.co.uk 25 May 2017 Dear Madam /...
Re J : Unfair Care Orders Overturned on Appeal
In Re J (Children) [2017] EWCA Civ 398 (23 May 2017) the Court of Appeal allow an appeal from His Honour Judge Tolson QC, overturning care orders that he had made at an Issues Resolution Hearing (IRH). An IRH is a penultimate hearing, which is generally fixed once all...
Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup
Correcting, clarifying or commenting on media reports of family court cases Explaining or commenting on published Judgments of family court cases Highlighting other transparency news MEDIA (MIS)REPORTS OF FAMILY COURTS CASES Inaccurate, misleading or...
Party Manifestos: Family Law
Party manifestos rarely include specific proposals for legislation or changes in the law, tending instead to go for rather woolly and vague aspirations which are less likely to come back and bite them if and when they get into power. But in the 2017 general election...
Where did all the privacy injunctions go? A response to the Queen’s Bench ‘Media List’ consultation
According to the latest official statistics on privacy injunctions in January to December 2016 there were just three proceedings where the High Court considered an application for a new interim privacy injunction. Two were granted, one was refused. Two appeals were...
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children -v- Gard
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children -v- Gard This blog post updates a previous post here The Court of Appeal has decided that the treatment of Charlie Gard can be withdrawn. The case concerned an eight-month-old child, Charlie Gard, who suffers from...
Judge flags complaint on behalf of child against journalist who sneaked into hospital
A new judgment by Mr Justice Hayden, in the case of ‘H’, the 15 year old boy at the centre of the Telegraph story we reported on here, was published yesterday. The hearing took place on 19 May. Hayden J concludes his short judgment with this: ‘Whilst I am satisfied...