What the Court want from experts, and other adventures in judicial ass-whupping
The guidance given by the High Court in Re IA (A Child: Fact Finding: Welfare: Single Hearing : Experts Reports) 2013 http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2013/2499.html This case covers a LOT of...
View ArticleMy blood runs wild (and not as a result of angels in the centrefold)
I often kvetch about the President’s burning desire to make the welfare of the bundle paramount (which on the ground is resulting in me spending hours of precious time removing actual EVIDENCE that...
View ArticleLocal Authority, go and sit in the naughty corner
We don’t seem to go more than about a week without some Local Authority or other getting a judicial spanking, and here’s another. [I probably need to create a new Category on the website of...
View ArticleJudge describes police investigation as “cack-handed”
The High Court (Justice Peter Jackson) has just published a judgment (one that was actually delivered a year ago) which has some significant lessons for practitioners. Wigan Council v M and Others...
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