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Human Rights Court criticises adoption case from Norway
The case of Strand Lobben and others v. Norway 37282/13 raises issues about the human rights of birth mothers in adoption proceedings. In the context of all the discussions currently going on about human rights in adoption, it’s disappointing, despite having gone...
Lomax v Lomax – must parties consent to Early Neutral Evaluation process?
In an appeal from a decision made by a family judge in an inheritance dispute, the Court of Appeal has ruled that the consent of the parties is not needed for a court to order them to submit their case to an ENE, or "early neutral evaluation". So what exactly is an...
‘Private law children reform: a long and winding road, with Professor Hunter’
The Transparency Project was pleased to receive an invitation to this seminar hosted by Rights of Women, which took place on 3rd September in London. I popped along on their behalf. Dashed hopes My hope was that we might glean something of the progress and...
Tafida Raqeeb Case: Day 5 (final day) of the High Court hearing
Day 5 continued with submissions from Vikram Sachdeva QC, representing Tafida, instructed by her aunt as litigation friend. He submitted that the court should take no difference between adults and children in principle. Both should look at best interests in light of...
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The Transparency Project was founded in 2014 and achieved charitable status in April 2015. The Project aims to promote better understanding of the family justice system in England & Wales by providing accessible and balanced information, and through facilitating...
Tafida Raqeeb Case: Day 4 in the High Court
As mentioned in my first blog post this week, there are two cases being heard. The first three days heard the first case, which was an application for judicial review. This application was made by Tafida’s parents to consider the legality of the decision of the...
Tafida Raqeeb Case: Day 3 in the High Court
The facts of the case and summaries of day 1 and 2 can be viewed here: http://www.transparencyproject.org.uk/tafida-raqeeb-first-day-of-the-high-court-case/ http://www.transparencyproject.org.uk/tafida-raqeeb-case-day-2-in-the-high-court/ Day 3 of the hearing...
Tafida Raqeeb Case: Day 2 in the High Court.
Day 2 of the hearing (Tuesday) saw David Lock QC, counsel for the parents continue his submissions, and Katie Gollop QC commence hers on behalf of Barts NHS Health Trust. David Lock QC stated that medical decision-making is about more than just medical best interests....
Tafida Raqeeb: First Day of the High Court Case
Described by counsel as ‘every parent’s worst nightmare’, the 9th September 2019 marked the first day of the Tafida Raqeeb case. I set out to attend under the legal bloggers pilot alongside accredited journalists though in fact the first day of the hearing was held in...
Suspended prison sentence for paralegal who sent family court papers to the wrong judge is ruled unfair
UPDATE 16 September: We have now seen the appeal judgment itself and have edited and updated this post. Please scroll to the end of this post for the update. A story appeared in The Times [paywalled] this week: 'Trainee lawyer unfairly convicted of contempt over...