“Parents with parental responsibility always have a qualified right to object and an unqualified right to remove their children at will (subject to any court orders about where the child is to live). Section 20 gives local authorities no compulsory powers over...
An unusual case from the Court of Appeal was published on BAILII this week, LL v the Lord Chancellor [2017 EWCA Civ 237, in which a High Court judge was criticised for ‘gross and obvious irregularity’ in dealing with a father in a family hearing and, as a...
The continued mis-reporting of family cases by Christopher Booker. #familylaw statutory charge misunderstood https://t.co/EKwx57POfA — Louise McCallum (@LMcCallumZenith) March 12, 2017 The klaxon rang in the Transparency Project bat cave with a direct plea from...
This post follows a recent report of an adult who has taken legal action against a local authority for failures to do their job properly or at all, resulting in harm to that individual. It is an attempt to provide a brief over-view of the likely routes to a claim for...
IMPORTANT EDIT 29th June 2018 IMPORTANT EDIT RE THE STATUTORY CHARGE AND DAMAGES 29th June 2018 I am very pleased that this post is now redundant! Northamptonshire County Council & Anor v The Lord Chancellor(via the Legal Aid Agency) [2018], considers important...
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