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Separate care arrangements for siblings
Lorraine Green acted for two children, aged 16 and 4, when the local authority applied for a care order for the older child and a supervision order for the younger one in 2020. The older child was a girl who ...
Read more28.01.2022
Brothers kept together with support under Care Order
Case report: Confidential children’s care proceedings. Lorraine Green represented two brothers in relation to care proceedings brought by the local authority, following concerns about their parent’s capacity to protect them in light of drug and alcohol misuse, domestic abuse and ...
Read more14.09.2021
Care order application dismissed after threshold not crossed in alleged non-accidental injury case
Case report: [2021] EWFC B36. A local authority’s application for a care order in respect of two children, issued after the discovery of an alleged non-accidental injury following their sibling’s death, was dismissed and the family was applauded for their ...
Read more11.08.2021
Do care proceedings allow enough time for parents with a disability to develop parenting skills?
Case report: Confidential. Kate Hammond recently represented children in care proceedings after the local authority raised concerns about their parents, both of whom have learning disabilities. This case has potentially important implications for the way parents with learning disabilities are ...
Read more01.07.2021
Child maintenance responsibilities enforced in China with a Schedule 1 application
Case report: Confidential Some parents will do anything to try and avoid paying their share of child maintenance, even moving to the other side of the world. But this does not mean that they are beyond the reach of English ...
Read more24.08.2020
FGM order confirms ‘a child’s welfare is paramount’ in Court of Appeal case where schoolgirl was at risk of deportation
Case report: [2020] EWCA Civ 731. Kate Hammond has helped secure the welfare of a Suffolk schoolgirl in a landmark case where the local authority’s petition for a female genital mutilation (FGM) protection order was disputed by the Home Office. ...
Read more10.07.2020
Family court cannot interfere with decision of immigration tribunal in FGM case
Case report: [2020] EWHC 323 (Fam). One reason for seeking asylum in the UK might be to escape harmful practices, such as the risk of female genital mutilation (FGM). But how does the law in regard to FGM interact with ...
Read more01.03.2020
FGM case raises question of interplay between family and immigration courts
Case report: [2019] EWHC 2475 (Fam). Partner Kate Hammond, an expert in child care law, has been representing a child M in an application for a female genital mutilation (FGM) protection order made by the local authority prior to the ...
Read more01.10.2019
The (Ghanaian) family ties that bind
Case report: [2018] EWHC 3625 (Fam). When considering access to justice, it is important that each member of a family which is involved in legal proceedings has proper representation. Partner Kate Hammond recently acted pro bono for a Ghanaian couple ...
Read more12.02.2019