Tafida Raqeeb Case: Day 5 (final day) of the High Court hearing

by Emma Nottingham | Sep 15, 2019 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging

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...

Tafida Raqeeb Case: Day 4 in the High Court

by Emma Nottingham | Sep 13, 2019 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging

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

by Emma Nottingham | Sep 11, 2019 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging

The facts of the case and summaries of day 1 and 2 can be viewed here: Tafida Raqeeb: First Day of the High Court Case Tafida Raqeeb Case: Day 2 in the High Court. Day 3 of the hearing continued with Katie Gollop QC’s submissions for Barts NHS Health Trust. She...

Tafida Raqeeb Case: Day 2 in the High Court.

by reporting watch team | Sep 11, 2019 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging

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

by Emma Nottingham | Sep 9, 2019 | Cases, Explanation, Legal blogging

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

by Julie Doughty | Sep 8, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

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...