October 1, 2007 12:00 am | Children in Law, Family Law in the UK

There ought to be a word for it!

The law is a funny businessBy admin October 31, 2007 2 Comments

A particularly unprofessional pleasure you get at winning a case against a singularly obnoxious and difficult opponent who comes in for heavy criticism for the judge for the precise same things that you have found so obnoxious in the seemingly endless months you have been dealing with them before the case gets to a final…

Possible orders the UK family courts can make in public law (social services) cases

Bloody RelationsBy admin October 21, 2007 Leave a comment

Listed below are the main orders that the court can make about children in public law cases (cases involving social services), with a brief explanation & links to some other websites and articles, and then gradually add posts dealing with each of the orders and link them from this post. Orders in private law cases…

Mosac: support for parents of children who have been sexually abused

Bloody RelationsBy admin October 20, 2007 Leave a comment

The Guardian published an interesting story about a charity called Mosac which supports non-abusing parents and carers of children who have been sexually abused. Although the charity is based in Blackpool (which curiously has the highest rate of children on the Child Protection Register under the category of sexual abuse) it has a national helpline…

Orders in private law children cases in UK family courts

Bloody RelationsBy admin October 20, 2007 Leave a comment

In this post I will list the main orders that the court can make about children in private law cases (cases between family members as opposed to cases involving social services), with a brief explanation & links to some other websites and articles, and then gradually add posts dealing with each of the orders and…

There ought to be a word for it!

The law is a funny businessBy admin October 17, 2007 Leave a comment

The more than slight irritation & professional outrage you feel when the tribunal you are in front of makes a decision which is probably the right decision but makes it for all the wrong reasons and in doing so makes no reference to your skilful submissions which you spent several hours preparing and clearly might…

There ought to be a word for it!

The law is a funny businessBy admin October 17, 2007 Leave a comment

That moment of panic when you realise you have left your mobile phone at home but if you turn back to fetch it you will miss your train and arrive late for an important appointment so you can’t really do that and then you start running through whether you might be able to come back…

There ought to be a word for it!

The law is a funny businessBy admin October 17, 2007 1 Comment

That slight embarassment when someone tells you something secret / confidential assuming you are in the know (eg impending judicial appointment) and you have to bluff that you knew all about it and have done for ages because you should have done – after all s/he is your closest friend even though you have not…

There ought to be a word for it!

Possible orders the UK family courts can make in public law (social services) cases

Mosac: support for parents of children who have been sexually abused

Orders in private law children cases in UK family courts

There ought to be a word for it!

There ought to be a word for it!

There ought to be a word for it!

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There ought to be a word for it!

Possible orders the UK family courts can make in public law (social services) cases

Mosac: support for parents of children who have been sexually abused

Orders in private law children cases in UK family courts

There ought to be a word for it!

There ought to be a word for it!

There ought to be a word for it!

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