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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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Unlawful removal of a child, compensation paid
Her Honour Rowe QC considered this case, where a Local Authority removed a child and placed the child in foster care when at the time, the mother knew nothing about it. It is a decision by a Circuit...
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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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