There is a presumption in law that children benefit from contact with both parents. Even in proceedings where the Local Authority is contemplating removing a child from a family, there is a duty to support and promote contact with both parents, even where one or both may be the perpetrator. Of course the welfare of […]
In care cases, when compared with other areas of law, there is a very low percentage of ‘restorative’ outcomes where wrong procedures have been used or wrong decisions have been made. For example, an adoption order, wrongly made, is unlikely to result in the child being returned to the biological parent. The same is true […]
I know you want to scream at the top of your lungs and declare that obviously you can’t have sex with a woman who is asleep. Bizarrely you can. After a moment’s thought you will see that this is obvious. Prior consent given just before the act, is not effectively withdrawn merely by falling asleep. […]
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