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CHALLENGING ADOPTION REVISITED: RE C AND REVOCATION OF PLACEMENT ORDERS

CHALLENGING ADOPTION REVISITED: RE C AND REVOCATION OF PLACEMENT ORDERS

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...
Another Re W – a successful appeal against refusal for leave to oppose an adoption

Another Re W – a successful appeal against refusal for leave to oppose an adoption

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...
Human Rights Court criticises adoption case from Norway

Human Rights Court criticises adoption case from Norway

by Julie D | 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...
Just how close was 3-year-old ‘AJS’ to being adopted because of the unlawful immigration detention of her father?

Just how close was 3-year-old ‘AJS’ to being adopted because of the unlawful immigration detention of her father?

by reporting watch team | Jul 28, 2018 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

Last week BBC News and the Guardian reported the important public interest story of a father’s unlawful immigration detention, that left his three-year-old unnecessarily in care and at risk of a plan for adoption, despite the family court declaring they should...
Kisses and cuddles not enough…

Kisses and cuddles not enough…

by reporting watch team | Jan 20, 2018 | Cases, FCReportingWatch

The BBC recently reported that two children were to be adopted ‘as kisses and cuddles [were] not enough’. The use of a direct quotation and the inclusion of the judge’s name in the headline and article, enabled us to locate the judgment in the case...
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