A father-of-four has lost the latest round of a “worrying” family court battle over the care of his youngest child. Social workers at Brighton & Hove City Council had raised
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Top judges have ruled that a man who is terminally ill with motor neurone disease can continue his “fight for choice at the end of life”. Retired college lecturer Noel
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A motor neurone disease sufferer has taken his battle against the law on assisted dying to the Court of Appeal. Earlier this month, retired college lecturer Noel Conway was refused
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Journalists have been told to stop saying children at the centre of care disputes between separated parents are embroiled in “custody battles”. A group, largely made up of specialist lawyers,
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A nurse has told an inquest into the deaths of three elderly care home residents how she confronted the manager after she found one of them sitting in his own
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An 87-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his 86-year-old wife. Brendon Constant is accused of killing his wife Jean and was formally charged at Cambridge
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A bid to overturn the child sex abuse conviction of a former boarding school worker found guilty by a jury following his suicide during his trial has succeeded. Darren Turk,
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A couple who sexually abused a mentally-disordered woman held prisoner in their home for six years have been sentenced to a total of 18 years in prison. Keith and Caroline
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Medics can restrain a middle-aged man with a severe learning difficulty in order to prepare him for surgery, a judge in a specialist court has ruled. A care manager said
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Meet 11-year old Rosie, the animated child character at the centre of myCourtroom – an interactive social work training simulation developed by Cafcass and Kent University. Rosie’s father has made
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