by Abigail Bond | Mar 5, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is a post by regular contributor, Abigail Bond. Abigail is a barrister at St John’s Chambers, Bristol who specialises in Children Law (mainly care proceedings), and Court of Protection health and welfare matters. She tweets as @AbigailBond1. Re A &...
by Paul M | Feb 23, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, Notorious, Transparency News
Last week the High Court made a widely publicised decision declaring that a government minister and his department had acted unlawfully in relation to the award of PPE procurement contracts in the early weeks of the pandemic. The case is called R (Good Law Project and...
![Local Authority and Children’s Guardian fail in appeal against judge’s refusal to support a plan of adoption for children aged 2 and 3: T and R (Refusal of Placement Order) [2021] EWCA Civ 71](https://transparencyproject.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2019-10-04-at-10.06.58-1080x675.png)
by Sophie Smith Holland | Feb 15, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is a post by Sophie Smith-Holland. Sophie is a family law barrister at St John’s Chambers, Bristol. She tweets as @SSmithHolland. T & R involved an appeal against a decision to refuse to approve a plan of adoption in respect of two children, T...
by Lucy R | Jan 29, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Notorious
This is part 3 of a series of posts about the four conjoined appeals. You can read part 1 here and part 2 here. This post tackles the wider issues of principle that were considered in the course of the appeals, and at the end will provide some materials for further...
by Jack Harrison | Jan 27, 2021 | Cases, Explanation
This article is about Deprivation of Liberty involving children. To understand Deprivation of Liberty, I am afraid we have to start elsewhere completely… Secure Accommodation Secure accommodation is a special kind of placement for children who are in care, who...
by Lucy R | Jan 23, 2021 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Notorious
This week three judges in the Court of Appeal held a 3 day long appeal hearing all about domestic abuse cases. This series of posts provide a summary of what the hearing was about and how it went. The decision is expected in a few weeks time. The appeal was in fact...
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