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The new radicals
The philosophical issues thrown up by Re M, and Not the Nine O’clock news. There are some things that my dad had views about that had no influence on my own belief systems. I don’t for example, believe...
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Private law appeal (unsuccessful)
The Court of Appeal have given judgment in Re H (Children) 2014 http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2014/733.html This relates to an appeal from the decision of Parker J to make an order...
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Allegations of abuse against a father
Reported cases in private law where serious allegations of sexual harm are made against a father against a backdrop of separation and acrimony and disputes over the children are becoming more common....
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Who has the burden of proof?
Well, that’s a stupid title for a blog post. The burden of proof – whose job it is to prove whether something happened, and whose job it is to persuade the Court to make the order is the applicant....
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Sibling rivalry
In Re P (A child) 2015, His Honour Judge Wood had to deal with an application for a Care Order for a girl who was sixteen years and four months old. That in itself is unusual. Even more unusual, the...
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This is a Court of Appeal decision in relation to significant harm in care proceedings, where the harm was said to be emotional harm. And this is always a hot-button topic. Re S & H-S...
View ArticleTense – nervous, headache
This is a case in which the Court of Appeal unpicked a decision of a Circuit Judge, where the tenses that were applicable to the threshold criteria became confused. I don’t myself much care for the...
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