Times Story about Adoption Reversals
The link is to today's story in The Times about adoptions reversing as children get older. There has already been some of this, but with the more aggressive approach...
Read this entry »John Hemming (Lib Dem)
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John, who is MP for Birmingham Yardley, told Blogminster: Â "It is important for MPs to communicate both ways with citizens. Electronic systems make this easier."Articles written by John Hemming (Lib Dem)
David Lammy is right about discipline
There has been quite a bit of press reporting about David Lammy's comments about the operation of the care system acting to undermine discipline.Clearly...
Read this entry » Australian Government Peak Oil Report
The link is to a copy of a report produced by the Australian Government in 2009 which was then as far as I can tell sat on and removed from the...
Read this entry » Australian Government Peak Oil Report
The link is to a copy of a report produced by the Australian Government in 2009 which was then as far as I can tell sat on and removed from the...
Read this entry » Court of protection story in The Telegraph
The link is to a story where a local council attempted to stop an elderly lady with dementia from going on a cruise. In this instance the CoP...
Read this entry » Court of Appeal ‘redefine’ Liberty
The Court of Appeal Judgement in Cheshire West and Chester v P appears to redefine the concept of deprivation of liberty to exclude disabled...
Read this entry » (partially) Secret Committal Hearing in Northampton
The link is to a story from Northampton where a mother was given a 28 days suspended sentence for putting information about her case on Facebook.RSC...
Read this entry » Failed Adoptions create more homeless youths (in the USA)
The link is to a story (29/12/2011) in the New York Times about failed adoptions leading to homelessness.The USA started the obsession with adoption...
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Irish Supreme Court judgment on Hague Convention and adoption in England.
The link is to the judgment of the Irish Supreme Court on matters relating to the Hague Convention and adoption.A number of parents have won legal cases in Ireland...
Read this entry »Florence wins Radio Prize
See the link for the website dealing with Florence Bellone's winning of the reporting prize for reporting on the English Family Courts scandal.Quoting from the website:Title...
Read this entry »St Edburgha’s Carol Service
I attended St Edburgha'a carol service last Sunday. Robert Jones has produced some good photographs of the event. The music was good, but I don't think it is available...
Read this entry »Vicky Haigh – imprisoned for 3 years for saying hello
The link is to a story behind the paywall of the Sunday Times relating to Friday's jailing at around 4pm of Vicky Haigh for 3 years.On the way to the meeting in...
Read this entry »Films of Birmingham in the past
There is a youtube channel Idowish12 which includes a lot of films of Birmingham's past.For example:and...
Read this entry »CTB and Imogen Thomas
The CTB v Imogen Thomas case raises a number of constitutional concerns about the accountability and reliability of secret justice. On 20th May 2011 the Neuberger...
Read this entry »Today’s Education Select Committee
This link will give a video of the evidence session at Today's Education Select Committee (Martin Narey and myself)....
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