Mental Health and ‘Grave Risk of Harm’ to a Child in International Relocation Cases: F v M [2024] EWHC 1887 (Fam) (23 July 2024)
This case concerned an application by a Father for summary return of the child to New Zealand.
The application was heard by Peel J and the facts were that the family...
Public Law Care: Case law update
Re UDTQ (No Adequate Care Planning) [2024] EWFC 19 (B)
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/19
This case has sparked recent discussion over the meaning of the words “nothing else will do” in relation to Placement Order...
Withdrawal of medical treatment from a child
Withdrawal of medical treatment has been an issue in the news recently, with the incredibly sad case of Archie Battersbee being heard in the Supreme Court and the subsequent ruling...
Progress Update: Sarah Barber has raised over £200 for the Alzheimer’s Society
Sarah Barber will be trekking 13 miles (that’s half-marathon distance) around Stonehenge in September 2022 to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society.
So far, Sarah has raised over £200 in donations...
An NHS Trust v ST - Refusal of a Deprivation of Liberty (DOLS) Order for a 14-year-old child
The matter of An NHS Trust v ST [2022] EWHC 719 (Fam), came before the MacDonald J in the High Court on 24th March 2022, with the NHS Trust applying...
Appeal Against Placement Order for child with additional needs - CV (A CHILD) (PLACEMENT ORDER) [2022] EWCA Civ 930
The case of CV (A Child) concerned a 3-year-old girl, C, who required a particular level of care as a result of a number of medical conditions. A final order...
Points of clarification: Are they material? Are they genuine?
The matter of F and G (Children) (Sexual Abuse Allegations) [2022] EWCA Civ 1002 was heard in the Court of Appeal on 13th July 2022, when an intervenor in care...
Sarah Barber trekking 13 miles (that’s half-marathon distance) around Stonehenge to raise money for the Alzheimer’s
Sarah Barber will be trekking 13 miles (that’s half-marathon distance) around Stonehenge in September 2022 to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society.
The Alzheimer’s Society support people with Alzheimer’s and dementia...
Sarah Barber trekking 13 miles (that’s half-marathon distance) around Stonehenge to raise money for the Alzheimer’s
Sarah Barber will be trekking 13 miles (that’s half-marathon distance) around Stonehenge in September 2022 to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society.
The Alzheimer’s Society support people with Alzheimer’s and dementia...
Sarah Barber trekking 13 miles (that’s half-marathon distance) around Stonehenge to raise money for the Alzheimer’s
Sarah Barber will be trekking 13 miles (that’s half-marathon distance) around Stonehenge in September 2022 to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society.
The Alzheimer’s Society support people with Alzheimer’s and dementia...
Claims for victimisation: is suspension a detriment?
The case of Fullah v The Medical Research Council & Ors [2022] EAT 45 gives us a simple answer that, in the context of this case: yes, it probably was.
The...
Sarah Barber trekking 13 miles (that’s half-marathon distance) around Stonehenge to raise money for the Alzheimer’s
Sarah Barber will be trekking 13 miles (that’s half-marathon distance) around Stonehenge in September 2022 to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society.
The Alzheimer’s Society support people with Alzheimer’s and dementia...
“Wrongful child abduction” proceedings gone wrong
The case of Moga v Poland was heard in the ECtHR on 22nd February 2022, with the Judgment being published in mid-March 2022. The case concerned an alleged lack of...
Only a matter of time! – Covid vaccination of 12-year-old in Local Authority care approved by the court despite Mother’s objection
If you haven’t seen my previous articles on this topic, you can access them here: Covid Vaccines – will we have more disagreements about vaccinations in family law? & More...
Onuoha v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust: Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination, Breach of Human Rights, and more!
This recent decision of EJ Dyal from October 2021 concerned whether the Claimant, a Christian nurse employed by the Respondent, was constructively unfairly dismissed for refusing to take off her...
Should a Declaration of Parentage be made after a child has been adopted?
That was the question which faced the High Court in June 2021 after a Father, Mr H, applied for such a declaration in the case of H v An Adoption...
Application to terminate parental responsibility determined in the absence of the Father
In the case of D v E (Termination of Parental Responsibility) [2021] EWFC 37 (full judgment available here: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2021/37.html), the court was concerned with three applications by the Mother, namely,...
Sarah Barber Returns From Maternity Leave
No.18 Chambers is delighted to welcome back from maternity leave Sarah Barber. Sarah specialises in Family (Care, Private law children & Finance) & Employment .
Sarah regularly representing Applicants, Respondents and...
More on vaccinations – the decision in Re K
The plethora of legal decisions dealing with the issue of routine vaccinations in children is by no means complete. I recently considered the issue of vaccination in the context of...
The Significance of Contact Post-Adoption in Re T and R (Refusal of Placement Order) [2021] EWCA Civ 71
This appeal was brought by the LA and Children’s Guardian in respect of two children aged 3 and 2, who were the youngest of six children of the Mother and...
Covid Vaccines – will we have more disagreements about vaccinations in family law?
The welcome news of vaccines has given many of us hope that we will soon be out of lockdown and back to a more normal way of living and working...
Not liking your in-laws is one thing, but poisoning them is quite another
That’s right, the case of A (A Child) [2020] EWCA Civ 1230 is a case concerning a fairly rare factual matrix where it was alleged that the father of A...
No.18 Chambers Welcomes New Tenant – Sarah Barber (2018)
No.18 Chambers is delighted to announce that Sarah Barber (2018) has accepted an invitation to join Chambers following the successful completion of her Pupillage.
Sarah was called to the Bar in...
Mother successfully appeals removal of children under ICOs in Re N (Children) [2020] EWCA Civ 1070
A Mother, supported in her position by the Father and the Children’s Guardian, has successfully appealed an order that the children are removed from her care under pre-existing ICOs.
The context...
Re Y – What are the Local Authority’s powers to change the nationality of children in care?
In the recent case of Re Y (Children in Care: Change of Nationality) [2020] EWCA Civ 1038, the court considered the nature of the LA’s corporate PR to make decisions...
‘Self-employed’ hairdresser ruled an employee by the Manchester Employment Tribunal
This landmark case furthered the decision of Pimlico Plumbers v Smith [2018] UKSC 29 in deciding when a Claimant is a ‘worker’ or an ‘employee’.
The Claimant, Ms Gorman, a hairdresser...
Guidance issued by Mrs Justice Theis :Practice Guidance on Service of Part 4 Family Law Act 1996 applications, orders and notification to the police: Pilot Practice Direction 36U
Practice guidance has been issued by Mrs Justice Theis (Acting President of the Family Division) on Service of Part 4 Family Law Act 1996 applications, orders and notification to the...
Local Authority’s application to withdraw proceedings in GC v A County Council and Ors successfully appealed by the Children’s Guardian
The case of GC v A County Council and Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 848 concerned an application for care orders by a Local Authority in respect of a child who...
Lancashire CC v M – The latest coronavirus adjournment application
This is the latest reported case concerning an application to adjourn a final hearing in care proceedings due to the coronavirus pandemic. The father, who made the application to adjourn,...
STOP PRESS: Re S (Vulnerable Parent: Intermediary) – Court of Appeal considers the impact of remote and hybrid hearings on vulnerable parents
This case concerns an appeal against a case management decision in care proceedings whereby the lower court refused an application by a parent with a learning disability for an intermediary...
Hybrid Hearing’ with remote attendance of advocates is not a breach of Article 6 – Re C (Children: Covid-19: Representation)
The Judgment of the Court of Appeal in Re C (Children: Covid-19: Representation) [2020] EWCA Civ 734 (available here), considers an appeal by a mother against the decision of Williams...
STOP PRESS: Latest Report from the President of the Family Division anticipates Family Courts fully reopening by July
The latest report from MacFarlane J addresses the way forward in light of what is now expected to be significant social distancing measures remaining in place in the court systems...
STOP PRESS – Committee stage of the Domestic Abuse Bill to be completed this month
The ‘Committee Stage’ of the Draft Domestic Abuse Bill (found here - https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0096/cbill_2019-20210096_en_1.htm) is due to complete later this month, with the Committee’s report scheduled to be published on 25th...
New guidance for employers and furloughed workers regarding holiday entitlement
The guidance published on 13th May 2020, found here (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/holiday-entitlement-and-pay-during-coronavirus-covid-19), outlines the entitlement of furloughed workers to take annual leave, and employers’ duties regarding annual leave entitlement during the coronavirus...
No.18 Chambers welcomes New Pupil Sarah Barber
No.18 Chambers is delighted to welcome Sarah Barber .Sarah joined Chambers as a pupil in October 2019. She was called to the Bar in 2018 after obtaining a ‘Very Competent’...
