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Children, Consent, and Covid Jabs
This is a guest post by Alex Tiseo (@TiseoAlex97 on twitter), a PhD student at the University of East Anglia who is researching minors' consent and refusal of medical treatment. The Background When the Government first announced its Covid vaccination programme, few...
Stumbling across a paradigm case – part 4 (a personal view)
PART 4 COMMENT This is the fourth and final part of a four part blog series. Part 1 is here, and links to parts 2 and 3. Reminder : To ensure that the child and family are not identified I am not allowed to reveal whether the child is a boy or a girl, but to make the...
Stumbling across a paradigm case – part 3 (how I did it)
PART 3 : HOW DID YOU DO IT? This is the third part of a four part blog series. Part 1 is here, and links to parts 2 and 4. Reminder : To ensure that the child and family are not identified I am not allowed to reveal whether the child is a boy or a girl, but to make...
Stumbling across a paradigm case – part 2 (the case itself)
PART 2 : THE CASE This is the second part of a four part blog series. Part 1 is here, and links to parts 3 and 4. A reminder: To ensure that the child and family are not identified I am not allowed to reveal whether the child is a boy or a girl, but to make the posts...
Stumbling across a paradigm case – the hardest legal blogging expedition so far…
PART 1 : INTRODUCTION This series of posts is about a case dealt with in the Family Court at Hull in August, in which a judge ordered a transfer of residence of a young child from the mother’s care into the father’s care, following long running proceedings and...
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When a case is described finely balanced, how important are the children’s expressed wishes and feelings? Dorset Council v M & Ors (Removal : Balance of Harm) [2021] EWFC B43
This is a post by Sophie Smith-Holland. Sophie is a family law barrister at St John’s Chambers, Bristol. She tweets as @SSmithHolland. In my last post I wrote about a case where the Judge disagreed with all the professionals and refused to approve a care plan of...
Parental alienation in practice
This is a guest post by Madeleine Whelan. Madeleine is a family law barrister at 14 Grays Inn Square Chambers. She co-hosts the family law podcast, Professionally Embarassing, and tweets as @Maddie__Whelan2 X, Y and Z (Children: Agreed Transfer of Residence) [2021]...
Do a fifth of marrying couples sign a pre-nup?
This is a guest post by Tony Roe, divorce and family law solicitor and arbitrator, and visiting fellow in family law, University of Reading. Tony tweets as @TonyRoeDivorce The Marriage Foundation has hit the headlines with its research paper entitled “One in five...
‘Childless’ marriage and the impact on your financial settlement following a divorce
INTRODUCTION This is a guest post by Teena Dhanota-Jones. Teena is a consultant family law solicitor at Simons Muirhead Burton. She tweets as @DhanotaJones I read with interest, in the matter of E v L [2021] EWFC 60 (13 July 2021) Mr Justice Mostyn’s rejection of an...
KEEPING MUM
This is a guest post by Laura Vickers. Laura is a specialist children law barrister and mediator practising at No5 Barristers’ Chambers. She tweets as @LauraVickersNo5 When the social services department of a local authority believes that a child is likely...