In this episode I cover adoption.

1. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

AA (Somalia) v Entry Clearance Officer, Addis Ababa
(18 December 2013)
[2013] UKSC 81

What counts as a “de facto adoption” for the purposes of children re-uniting with their refugee adoptive parents in the United Kingdom?

http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2013/81.html

(I also mention the Immigration Rules, available at:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/policyandlaw/immigrationlaw/immigrationrules/ )

2. COURT OF PROTECTION OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND & WALES; CHELMSFORD COUNTY COURT; FAMILY DIVISION OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND & WALES

“The Essex affair”

I discuss the matter of the Italian woman who underwent a forced Caesarean section, and whose child was taken in to care and adopted.

Mostyn J, Judgment of 23 August 2012: http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/Judgments/re-aa-approved-judgment.pdf

Judge Newton, Judgment of 1 February 2013:
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/Misc/2013/20.html

President of the Family Division, Sir James Munby, Judgment of 17 December 2013:
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2013/4048.html

(I also mention the decision of the Court of Appeal in MB [1997] EWCA Civ 3093

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/1997/3093.html)

3. COURT OF APPEAL OF NORTHERN IRELAND

Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission’s application for judicial review
(27 June 2013)
[2013] NICA 37

Can homosexual couples, including couples in civil partnerships, jointly adopt a child in Northern Ireland?

http://www.bailii.org/nie/cases/NICA/2013/37.html

(I also mention the House of Lords decision of In re P of 2008
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/2008/38.html

and also the European Court of Human Rights in Gas and Dubois v France of 2012
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/pages/search.aspx?i=001-109572)

~EVENTS~

Legal Services Agency: Judicial Review Masterclass: 20 January 2014

http://www.lsa.org.uk/seminars/seminars.php?c=113&s=20

SYLA & Black Chambers: Criminal Day Conference: 20 January 2014

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