Off into the Somerset: New guidance on remedying breaches of the AAR 2005

Last week finally saw the handing down of the President’s judgment in the snappily-named case of Somerset County Council v NHS Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group and Others [2022] EWFC 31, which gives further guidance following the 2021 Somerset decision of Mrs Justice Roberts. For a 3-minute explanation of the original Somerset decision and the Adoption […]

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Local Authority v D & E [2021] EWFC 114 (06 July 2021)

Neutral Citation Number: [2021] EWFC 114 Case No: LV20C00673 IN THE LIVERPOOL FAMILY COURT Courtroom No. 25 35 Vernon Street Liverpool L2 2BX 6th July 2021 B e f o r e :HIS HONOUR JUDGE PARKER ____________________ B e t w e e n: THE LOCAL AUTHORITY   – and –   D and E […]

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Local Authority v A, B and D [2022] EWFC 23 (18 January 2022)

This judgment was delivered in private. The judge has given leave for this version of the judgment to be published on condition that (irrespective of what is contained in the judgment) in any published version of the judgment the anonymity of the children and members of their family must be strictly preserved. All persons, including […]

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