Month: August 2018
‘Overstretched’ police not properly monitoring paedophiles and sex offenders in Merseyside, watchdog finds | The Independent
High-risk paedophiles and sex offenders are not being properly monitored by “seriously overstretched” police in Merseyside, a watchdog has found. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMICFRS) found a backlog of almost […]
The need for a ‘joined up’ or holistic evaluation of welfare in children proceedings
Family analysis: In AH v CD and others [2018] EWHC 1643 (Fam), [2018] All ER (D) 162 (Jun) an application by a father who sought his son’s return to Spain, after […]
Leaving the country to evade care proceedings – how does the court in England & Wales get your children back?
Hampshire County Council v C.E. and N.E. (Urgent preliminary ruling procedure – Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments in matters of parental responsibility – Opinion) [2018] EUECJ C-325/18PPU_O (07 August 2018) […]
Whitburn GP Thair Altaii jailed for secretly filming women – BBC News
‘A GP who had 19,000 images and videos of female patients on his home computer has been jailed.’ Full Story BBC News, 14th August 2018 Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Girl ‘locked away from the world’ and abused by her parents – BBC News
‘A couple who “systematically and regularly” abused their daughter while locking her away have been jailed.’ Full Story BBC News, 10th August 2018 Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Habitual Residence’ – sloppy explanations of the law about child abduction
We have been alerted to some less than perfect summaries of the law around international child abduction by the BBC recently. When a child is abducted to a foreign country […]
Father convicted over death of six-month-old Kayden Walker | UK news
A man whose six-month-old son died from “catastrophic” injuries, including bleeding to his brain, has been convicted of manslaughter. Ricky Walker, 27, was cleared of murder and child cruelty after […]
Modern slavery law review as gangs ‘evolve’
While the majority of regulations in the Modern Slavery Act 2015 only cover England and Wales, certain areas – including protections for overseas domestic workers and rules relating to business […]