The Supreme Court has determined that the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction1980 cannot be invoked if by the time of the alleged wrongful act, whether by removal or retention, the child is habitually resident in the state where the request for return is lodged. The Court also decided that repudiatory retention is possible in law.
‘Undue focus’ on pupils’ race risks ‘over-complicating’ exclusions, says judge
School ‘vindicated’ after ruling it acted lawfully when it excluded a boy of black Caribbean heritage Read the full article in Schools Week here.
Adoption fund to continue after families ‘left in limbo’
A fund to provide therapy for adopted children will continue, the government has confirmed, after families criticised uncertainty over its future. Families had been calling
This is the devastating impact growing up in temporary accommodation has on children’s GCSE results
Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has called on decision makers to talk more about what it’s like for children to grow up homeless after
