Law digest: 17 November 2017

T (a child) v A Local Authority [2017] EWCA Civ 1797, [2017] All ER (D) 88 (Nov)

The child and the prospective adopters need for the security of adoption and his differing needs to those of his half siblings were factors the recorder was entitled to have regard to under the welfare test set by welfare checklist the Adoption and Children Act 2002. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division held that faced with a choice between two options each having advantages and disadvantages, the recorder had reached a clear and fully-reasoned decision in granting a care and placement order.

Costs—Order for costs

Optical Express Ltd and others v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2017] EWHC 2707 (QB), [2017] All ER (D) 96 (Nov)

In all the circumstances of the claimants’ libel claim, it would be unjust to make the normal orders upon the claimants’ late acceptance of a Pt 36 offer. The Queen’s Bench Division held, amongst other things, that the claimants’ delay in providing an elaboration of their case