Peter Jackson J gave his 4th judgment in this case. Here, the American adoptive mother was trying to persuade the court to recognise her Kazakh adoption of the youngest child (C) whom he had previously found that she had physically abused and gravely emotionally abused. (For references and discussion of the 3 previous judgments please
21st Jun 2013
Mary Lazarus successfully obtained a highly exceptional order for an Applicant Father whose ex-wife was in the throes of a massive benefit fraud trial, based on her fraudulent claims that her children were disabled. Her trial involved extensive exposure of five of her eight children’s private lives, and her defence involved detailed trawls through their medical
30th May 2013
GROSS EXPLOITATION – In three recently released judgments in the case of A Council v M & Others, Mary Lazarus appeared for the local authority in a series of hearings last year involving the most shocking exploitation of an adopted child. Child A, represented by Tina Cook QC and Anthony Jerman, was persuaded by her
16th May 2013
The London Borough of Lambeth v Loveridge [2013] EWCA Civ 494 (10 May 2013) This was a successful appeal by the local authority landlord against a county court award of statutory damages (under section 28 of the Housing Act 1988) in the sum of £90,500 to a secure tenant for unlawful eviction from his flat.
15th May 2013
2013 London Legal Walk – 20 May 2013 The 9th London Legal Walk is a 10km “after work” walk that raises funds for legal advice charities in London and the South East. Led by the Lord Chief Justice and an array of legal luminaries, 6,000 walkers raised £540,000 last year. The team from 42 Bedford
3rd May 2013
In a lengthy article in The Times (4th April 2013) the work of both The Official Solicitor and The Court of Protection came under focus. Six recent and significant cases were highlighted concerning this increasingly important area of law. Of the six selected, members of 42 Bedford Row appeared in the first four.
10th Apr 2013
In the matter of B (a Child) (FC) UKSC 2013 / 0022 Three members of Chambers, Frank Feehan QC, Anna McKenna and Sheila Phil-Ebosie appeared in a care proceedings matter in the Supreme Court on 25th and 26th February 2013 as appellants in a case for which Baroness Hale, Lord Wilson and Lord Carnworth considered
20th Mar 2013
The Supreme Court has changed the law about dispensing with the need for consultation for qualifying works or qualifying long term agreements where tenants of residential dwellings have to pay service charges: Daejan v Benson [2013] UKSC 14. The requirements for consultation in the 2003 Regulations (2003 SI 1987) are complex and lengthy. They vary according to
8th Mar 2013
A NHS TRUST v K (2012) EWHC 2922 (COP) This was an application by a NHS Trust for an order permitting doctors to perform major surgery, a hysterectomy, on a patient, Mrs K, who had refused to consent to the surgery but who lacked legal capacity to decide whether or not to consent to it.
25th Jan 2013
Awards & Recognition
