Panorama on Shaken Baby
Panorama on Monday 14th March is about Shaken Baby – 8.30 BBC 1
Judgment transcripts: costs & other issues
I am grateful to Nicola Jones-King of McMillan Williams & Jerry Bull of Atkins Hope who have provided the following thoughts on legal aid paying for judgment transcripts. The Legal Aid Agency’s position is that it will only cover a shared cost of transcript where it is needed to progress the case, and/or the reason…
DetailsShaken baby resources
Inspired by the The Syndrome screening I thought I would collect up a few useful resources on the topic of shaken baby, both legal and medical. For the moment I will concentrate on articles which are freely available but I will later produce a bibliography on articles which can be accessed through subscription websites such…
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Me & my colleagues over at the Transparency Project have been discussing the vexed issue of transcripts of family court judgments NOT being published on Bailii and Paul McGrath has written about our project to research into this. I would love to hear about your experiences which I could then pass on to the TP…
Details‘The Syndrome’: US documentary about ‘Shaken Baby’
On 29th February I hosted a screening of a powerful US documentary about shaking baby: The Syndrome. The audience comprised a number of family lawyers, criminal lawyers, parents, bloggers & website authors, a documentary maker and doctors. The film tells the story of the development of the theory that there is such a syndrome as…
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This blog section is going to cover the legal stuff and is mainly aimed at a legal audience.
How NOT to treat your bloody relations
Don’t announce to the world on Facebook that you are leaving your spouse http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7845946.stm woman murdered when changed her status from married to single http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ifldrouFoXOW3dAwmD8W8xNz5MSgD95UV8N04 Associated Press re Chelsy DAvy changing status to not in a relationship http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/2009/01/27/getting-in-touch-with-your-past-is-so-easy-but-often-to-the-detriment-of-your-present-91466-22787225/ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/husband-ends-sixyear-marriage-on-facebook-1548048.html Change your relationship status on Facebook etc to ‘in a relationship’ too soon http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/4371411/One-in-four-women-spy-on-partners.html forget that…
DetailsWhat is a drink problem?
There is a facetious answer to the question – what is a drink problem? Empty glass is the problem – another drink the solution. Or drink is the solution – now what was the problem again? In care cases, however, the usual joking between mates will not do. I am talking about this because I…
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Many of my clients who have drink problems refuse to go to the obvious place for help: Alcoholics Anonymous . Over the years I have been given numerous different reasons and I thought I would do my best to debunk a few of the myths about AA. A common objection to AA is to say…
DetailsAlcohol and addiction support & treatment
Alcohol Change (a merger between Alcohol Concern and Alcohol Research UK) is a leading UK charity dealing with alcohol abuse. Their website publishes a number of leaflets and fact sheets. Of particular interest to people with alcohol involved in care proceedings are the increasingly rare residential units which will accept parents and children. Phoenix Futures…
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