Terminally ill man wins right to fight assisted dying law
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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Terminally ill man takes fight against assisted dying law to appeal
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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Reporters told to drop ‘custody battle’ term over court child care disputes
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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Nurses tell inquest of ants and excrement at North Yorkshire care home
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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Man appears in court charged with murdering wife at Cambridgeshire care home
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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Judges overturn conviction of former head-of-care found guilty of sex offences
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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Jail terms for couple who imprisoned and sexually abused mentally-disordered woman
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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Judge rules man with learning difficulty can be restrained to prepare for surgery
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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Resources: myCourtroom – New interactive training for social workers (Cafcass)
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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Father jailed for at least 18 years for systematic abuse and murder of baby son
A father has been jailed for at least 18 years for murdering his deformed baby after a jury rejected the parents’ attempt to blame a young autistic child. Over 13
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