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UK ordered to pay damages to social worker for failing to provide an effective remedy for breaches of her human rights
In 2017, we wrote about a case where a family court judge came in for some very serious criticism for his treatment of professionals in the course of a judgment. This post provides an update in light of a new judgment relating to the same case. You can read our...
The Lachaux libel case returns with an expensive result for the publishers
This post is not about family law; it’s about defamation law. It involves alleged behaviour by a husband (Bruno Lachaux) to his wife (Afsana Lachaux). Since their separation, Mr and Mrs Lachaux have been involved in litigation in the family court which we wrote about...
The Harm Report – one year on
June 2021 sees the first anniversary of publication of the report 'Assessing risk of harm to children and parents in private law children cases' (the Harm report). We have published a number of posts about the report. The UK government responded to the report that...
Bell v Tavistock – The Court of Appeal hearing
On 23 and 24 June 2021, the Court of Appeal heard the appeal of Bell v Tavistock. The hearing was live streamed on YouTube. At the time of writing, the videos are still available online and can be found here. We reported on the judgment of the lower court at the end...
Court transparency: academic and policy updates
Can transparency be in the limelight? Perhaps not, in scientific terms (or to avoid metaphor mixing), but court transparency is certainly having a moment. This is partly because of changes to the justice process expedited by COVID-19 and the...
Re I-A: Court of Appeal considers adoption and the inherent jurisdiction
Last week, the Court of Appeal heard yet another case where a birth parent was trying to get an adoption order set aside. The three children in Re I-A are, unusually but very fortunately, all living together in one adoptive family, following care and placement orders...
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