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Your Honour, I am afraid that I have not done a position statement, but may I...
I think this summarises our position I thought of that gag this morning, and kudos to Cobb J for giving me the opportunity to deploy it. Newcastle City Council v WM and Others 2015...
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Medway case part 2 – a lot of practice issues
Following on from the last blog – I don’t often split case discussions, but in this one I felt that the issues over the foster carer and recording was worth a piece on its own. This piece now tackles...
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Couple win damages for Hackney keeping their children in care
[There are some VERY IMPORTANT rulings about section 20 in this judgment, which was in the High Court. Practitioners, particularly social workers or those who advise social workers are urged to read...
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Bad week for Gloucestershire continues to get worse
I wrote on Wednesday about Gloucestershire social workers getting a hard time from His Honour Judge Wildblood QC, and it is only Friday and they are getting another. For many of the same issues C1...
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Fast and the Furious – Tunbridge Wells Drift
Okay, this piece isn’t really about Vin Diesel and The Rock racing cars around the backstreets of Kent. But it is about a case about Medway (which is sort of near Kent) weren’t fast, and as a...
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Court of Appeal – section 20 abuse
There have been several reported cases about Local Authorities misusing section 20 now, to obtain “voluntary accommodation” of children in foster care where the ‘voluntary’ element doesn’t seem all...
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Section 20 – keys to open the door, keys to hold the door
This has been nibbling at me for a while, and there isn’t a clear answer, so I wanted to highlight the question. Under section 20, it is really clear that if either parent with Parental...
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Inordinate delay in issuing proceedings (£45K damages)
This is a Circuit Judge decision made in my local Court (it is not a case that I or any of my colleagues are involved in, so I can write about it) so I will try to avoid much comment and stick to the...
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Absconding and secure accommodation
This Court of Appeal decision hasn’t come up on Bailii yet, and I’m grateful to Graham Cole from Luton’s LA legal team for alerting me to it. RE W (A CHILD) (2016) [2016] EWCA Civ 804 A lawtel...
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Human Rights claims and statutory charge – an answer? Sort of
In the words of Erik B and Rakim It’s been a long time, I shouldn’ta left you, without a strong rhyme to step to But now, to paraphrase the one-hit wonder gangster rapper from Leicester, “Return...
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Das reBoot – Court of Appeal find reverse gear (once again)
A major theme in family case law over the last 2-3 years has been misuse of section 20 – voluntary accommodation, with all sorts of guidance being provided, culminating in the President of the Family...
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