by reporting watch team | Jun 24, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
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...
by Julie D | May 13, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
It’s well known that adoption orders made in England and Wales cannot be ‘unmade’. That is partly why they are sometimes described as extreme, draconian or ‘the last resort’ if made against birth parents’ wishes. We have written about this, and the very few...
by Julie D | May 6, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This case was an application by a birth mother for permission to appeal against a decision in the High Court that had refused her leave to apply to oppose an adoption order – Re S (A Child) [2021] EWCA Civ 605. Basically, she is asking the Court of Appeal to say the...
by Guest Post | Dec 6, 2020 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post by Mark Senior. Mark was a Solicitor specialising in family law for 9 years before moving to the Bar in 2002. He is based in Liverpool at St Johns Buildings Chambers. He tweets as @grumpyoldbrief. At the end of October a friend and colleague...
by Julie D | Feb 23, 2020 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
In this unusual case, Re W (A child: leave to oppose adoption) [2020] EWCA (Civ) 16, the Court of Appeal has given birth parents leave to oppose an adoption order being made. The child is nearly three years old and has been living with his prospective adopters since...
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