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March 2014 Case Law Update

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PUBLIC LAW   Re NL (A Child) (Appeal: Interim Care Order: Facts and Reasons) [2014] EWHC 270 (Fam)   Appeal by a mother against the interim removal of her newborn baby. The mother had a long history of drug and alcohol abuse and the local authority had been involved with...

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February 2014 Case Law Update

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PUBLIC LAW   Surrey County Council v Al-Hilli & Others (4) [2012] EWHC 4394 (Fam)   Application by the police (opposed by the local authority and the guardian) to be joined as a party to care proceedings   The subject children’s parents were tragically murdered whilst on holiday in the French...

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January 2014 Case Law Update

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PUBLIC LAW   A Local Authority v DB & Others [2013] EWHC 4066 (Fam)   Fact finding hearing to consider whether a child died as a result of non-accidental injuries and if so, to consider who the perpetrator of the injuries was.   19 month old child was taken to hospital...

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