“The peril of Auntie Beryl”
As the 26 week time limit comes upon us (being introduced by Parliament, the President’s revised PLO guidance and behind the scenes pressure on Courts and Local Authorities via the “Stick of...
View ArticleAn answer to an important question you didn’t know you had
The High Court in Re A Father v SBC 2014 have answered a very important question, albeit one that probably hadn’t fluttered across most people’s consciousness If a child is at home under a Care...
View ArticleEveryone really ought to read Re D
I had meant to write about this over the weekend, but the Muse just never came to me. Re D 2014 http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/re-child-d.pdf Please read Allan’s excellent...
View ArticleCare Orders at home, and abandoning search for missing children
This is a decision by MacDonald J Manchester City Council v D (Application for Permission Withdraw Proceedings after Abduction) [2021] EWHC 1191 (Fam) (11 May 2021) (bailii.org) It was a case where...
View ArticleA line from Hull to Bristol
This is a Court of Appeal decision about care orders at home, and the difference in practice and approach in two (not quite halves) parts of the country. I chatted about this on what we now have to...
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