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Parents without legal aid lose fight to keep child on life support The High Court has granted an application by a hospital trust for a declaration that it is in best interests of 9 month old brain-damaged child to have life-sustaining treatment withdrawn. The child was born last June without any heart rate, and other […]

Children placed in foster care following concerns over their weight Two children, aged 16 and 13, have been removed from their parents’ care, after social services raised concerns that they were seriously overweight. Social services in West Sussex had tried to avoid removing the children by putting together a weight loss plan, including providing them […]

Investigation into rise in public law cases published The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has welcomed and endorsed the publication of a report into the increase in public law children cases (i.e. children cases involving social services) by the President’s Public Law Working Group (‘PLWG’). The report made 47 recommendations, aimed at […]

Financial Remedies Courts roll-out completed The President of the Family Division Sir Andrew McFarlane has announced that the roll-out of the new specialist Financial Remedies Courts (‘FRCs’) has been completed across England and Wales. The courts were first proposed in 2016, after which a pilot scheme was set up to test them out. The pilot […]