In Re C (A Child) (Adoption: Duty of Local Authority), the Court of Appeal had an opportunity to explore the relationship between parental interests and the paramountcy of child welfare in adoption decisions. This commentary critically examines the court’s reasoning, arguing that it utilised an unnecessarily narrow conception of welfare and gave undue weight to the interests of the child’s mother.This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Jordan Publishing via http://www.jordanpublishing.co.uk/practice-areas/family/news_and_comment/re-c-a-child-adoption-duty-of-local-authority-welfare-and-the-rights-of-the-birth-family-in-fast-track-adoption-cases-2009-cflq-87#.VxXzbnErKU
In this contribution the right granted in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (...
The Supreme Court has a long history of recognizing parents’ fundamental right to direct the upbring...
It is human nature to live peacefully and happily with a complete family. As a complement to a famil...
The Court of Appeal in Re B-S (Children) [2013] EWCA Civ 1146 delivered a judgment on 17 September 2...
NoThe Court of Appeal in Re B-S (Children) [2013] EWCA Civ 1146 delivered a judgment on 17 September...
In $\textit{Re B (A Child) (Care Proceedings: Appeal)}$ [2013] UKSC 33 the Supreme Court President e...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Jordan Publishing via ht...
This paper examines what set of familial circumstances allow for the justifiable interference with t...
In Re J (A Child) (Adopted Child: Contact), the Court of Appeal minimised the effect of the Adoption...
This article seeks to explore two questions. First, given that the legal effects of an adoption orde...
Step-parent adoption happens where a child is adopted by the spouse or civil union partner of a biol...
International audienceInrecentyears,theUKhasbeensubjectedtomuchattentionconcerninga practice that ha...
The judicial approach to making an adoption order where birth parents do not give their consent sudd...
Do judges have the authority to recognize decrees of foreign adoption? Since 1989, over 167,000 pare...
I. Introduction: Identifying the Controversy The mythology of adoption involves a scenario in which ...
In this contribution the right granted in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (...
The Supreme Court has a long history of recognizing parents’ fundamental right to direct the upbring...
It is human nature to live peacefully and happily with a complete family. As a complement to a famil...
The Court of Appeal in Re B-S (Children) [2013] EWCA Civ 1146 delivered a judgment on 17 September 2...
NoThe Court of Appeal in Re B-S (Children) [2013] EWCA Civ 1146 delivered a judgment on 17 September...
In $\textit{Re B (A Child) (Care Proceedings: Appeal)}$ [2013] UKSC 33 the Supreme Court President e...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Jordan Publishing via ht...
This paper examines what set of familial circumstances allow for the justifiable interference with t...
In Re J (A Child) (Adopted Child: Contact), the Court of Appeal minimised the effect of the Adoption...
This article seeks to explore two questions. First, given that the legal effects of an adoption orde...
Step-parent adoption happens where a child is adopted by the spouse or civil union partner of a biol...
International audienceInrecentyears,theUKhasbeensubjectedtomuchattentionconcerninga practice that ha...
The judicial approach to making an adoption order where birth parents do not give their consent sudd...
Do judges have the authority to recognize decrees of foreign adoption? Since 1989, over 167,000 pare...
I. Introduction: Identifying the Controversy The mythology of adoption involves a scenario in which ...
In this contribution the right granted in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (...
The Supreme Court has a long history of recognizing parents’ fundamental right to direct the upbring...
It is human nature to live peacefully and happily with a complete family. As a complement to a famil...