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XY, Re: welfare deputyship, internet use and the court's ultimate authority

Internet and social media decisions fall outside standard welfare deputyship authority; the Court of Protection retains ultimate best interests jurisdiction regardless of deputy appointment.

Secretary of State for the Home Department v AB: subjective fear and the limits of deportation appeals

Deportation, Article 8, and the weight of subjective fear in relocation assessments

Zinda v Ark Schools: fraud claim to set aside judgement fails where evidence was always in claimant's possession

Setting aside a judgement for fraud requires new evidence, conscious dishonesty, and materiality — none of which were established here.

Re A, B and C: Court of Appeal upholds mother as perpetrator of non-accidental fracture in care proceedings

Witness credibility and delayed medical attention central to perpetrator finding

Aksahin v London Borough of Enfield: passengers, car cruising injunctions and contempt of court

A passenger in a car cruising vehicle can be found in contempt of court even where they claim to have discouraged the driver, and good...

Heidrych v District Court in Bydgoszcz: fugitivity, delay and the Article 8 balance in extradition proceedings

Renewed application for permission to appeal refused where six-year certification delay did not displace public interest in extradition.

Lucie Wood rejoins Forbes Solicitors team

Lucie Wood has returned to Forbes Solicitors as a partner after a successful stint at Cobden House Chambers

Crisis in legal sector parent support

A recent survey indicates legal sector parents experience higher stress than those in other industries, raising alarm