Going Off the Rails in Interesting Times
Why do so many care cases go wrong? What are the recent cases demanding? Proper evidence Proper thought about the evidence Collective responsibility For consideration of the importance of good evidence...
View ArticleAn open letter to Ian Josephs
Is there anyway we can bridge this gulf between us? Or are we simply doomed to shout at each other from our opposite sides of the gulf, whilst the parents and children continue to slide into it? This...
View ArticleA parent’s view of the system – Humanity is the name of the game
We are grateful for the comments of Angelo, who has participated in some useful discussions on a variety of threads. With his permission, some of his comments are gathered together in this post so that...
View ArticleCensorship and the protection of commercial interests – the woeful state of...
This is a post by Sarah Phillimore On the morning of Friday August 21st I posted a comment on the Marilyn Stowe blog after the former MP John Hemming had written a guest post about adoption statistics....
View ArticleThe woeful state of our debate about child protection, Part II
John Hemmings address to the Press Conference in Riga, Latvia. On 31st August John Hemming uploaded onto YouTube a video. I mentioned this on Twitter and expressed the hope the Latvian authorities are...
View ArticleThe woeful state of the debate about child protection Part III
The UKIP contribution to the debate. This is a post by Sarah Phillimore On Monday 26th October the Guardian published an article by Douglas Carswell the UKIP MP. This called for the family courts to...
View ArticleThe Woeful state of our debate Part IV
On November 2nd, ironically as I attended a workshop on cross-border child protection issues, I received an email with the judgment in the case of Re N (Children) (Adoption: Jurisdiction) [2015] EWCA...
View ArticleLinda Arlig: The woeful state of our debate Part V
The curious ‘rhetoric case’ of Linda Arlig This is a post by Sarah Phillimore Over the past two years I have been repeatedly referred to a document authored by Linda Arlig of the Department of Social...
View ArticleThe woeful state of our debate Part VI: 8 questions to ask family judges.
On November 24th I attended the 9th Annual Family Justice Council debate at the Strand Palace Hotel in London. You can read more about the debate and the work of the FJC at this post on the...
View ArticleWhy do I worry about John Hemming?
This is a post by Sarah Phillimore It seems that a lot of people genuinely have no idea about the full extent of John Hemming’s activities and the kind of people he supports. I am often asked on...
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