Month: February 2019
Local Government Lawyer
A judge has confirmed that a clinical commissioning group has no legal power to fund a continuing care patient for whom it had no statutory responsibility. David Lock QC explains […]
Online child abuse cases reported to Metropolitan Police more than double in year | The Independent
Scotland Yard’s online child sexual abuse and exploitation team received 2,514 referrals in 2018, up from 1,050 the year before – a 139 per cent increase. Detective Inspector Tony Oakes […]
Crossing borders with children as a separated parent
Why is permission so important? We all know the risk of child abduction to another country is a very real fear, and not a matter to be treated lightly. […]
Brothelkeepers earned £3.8m while police focused on other ‘serious crimes’
A married couple who built a £3.8million brothel empire were allowed to continue operating by police for 14 years who instead focused on “serious types of organised crime”, a court […]
High court judge tweets appeal for missing mother to bring son home | UK news
A high court judge has used Twitter to urge a woman who disappeared with her three-year-old son six months ago to return home. The child, Olly Sheridan, has been missing […]