Nothing else will do.

by Annie Surviving Safeguarding | Sep 26, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

This is a post by Annie, one half of our Project Coordination team, author of Surviving Safeguarding; a parents’ guide to the child protection process and a birth parent who has been through several sets of concurrent public and private law proceedings. Annie now...

Human Rights Court criticises adoption case from Norway

by Julie Doughty | Sep 20, 2019 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

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?

by Paul M | Sep 17, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation

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...

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...