Central Chambers invites applications by established immigration practitioners and by third six pupils. Central Chambers is a well-established chambers in the heart of Manchester city centre. This small set has significant opportunities for the development […]
After a near road traffic collision, Emily Landale examines the law before the Ramsey Baretto / mobile phone decision in the High Court and finds that there is inconsistency around the country. N.B. – this […]
The Voyeurism (Offences) Act 2019 amends the Sexual Offences Act 2003 to insert a “new” offence under s.67A which is designed to combat “upskirting”. Mark Pritchard asserts that the new upskirting criminal offence is harder […]
We all know that as a child gets older the likelihood of the Local Authority being able to ‘interfere’ in the child’s life becomes less. But what is the cut off? Kirstin Beswick explains. The […]
Today marks the halfway point of the Department For Education’s ambitious, single point of redress two year trial and so it seems appropriate for Nick McCall to recap upon its objectives, and to consider its […]
On 28th March 2019, the Lord Chief Justice issued the eighth amendment to the Criminal Practice Directions 2015. Those changes came in to force on 1st April 2019 and they have a familiar and slightly […]
Most family lawyers will have some experience of situations where the court or the guardian have expressed one view and the Local Authority views the question of risk completely differently. Most of the time, this […]
The case of Re H (Care and Adoption – Assessment of wider family) [2019] EWFC 10 deals with the situation where a parent is positively opposed to proposing family members and just how far the […]
On National Child Exploitation Awareness Day 2019, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) unveiled a change of strategy and policy relating to the prosecution of “sting operation” grooming cases. Where police or vigilantes pretend online to […]
Vulnerable and intimidated witnesses and vulnerable and intimidated alleged victims are popularly described as “victims”, even before an offence has been proved. The statute upon which the definitions of “vulnerable victim” and “intimidated victim” are […]
A rather gung-ho approach to the imposition of restraining orders has drawn the criticism of the Court of Appeal. Some powers – such as Domestic Abuse Prevention Notices – are designed to override the autonomy […]
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