Child law

Dorothea Gartland discusses the difficulties of obtaining parental responsibility orders prior to adoption

Re A (a child) (joint residence: parental responsibility) [2008] EWCA Civ 867, [2008] 3 FCR 107

Dorothea Gartland considers the impact of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 on placement orders

Harris v Perry [2008] EWCA Civ 907, [2008] All ER (D) 415 (Jul)

Haringey London Borough Council v MA [2008] EWHC 1722 (Fam)

The practitioner

R (on the application of Dacre and another) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court [2008] EWHC 1667 (Admin), [2008] All ER (D) 223 (Jul)

R v F and another [2008] All ER (D) 369 (Jun)

Re M (a child) (secure accommodation order) [2008] EWHC 1085 (Fam), [2008] All ER (D) 389 (Jun)

R (Chikwamba) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKHL 40, [2008] All ER (D) 330 (Jun)