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Legal aid – Entitlement. The mother made an application seeking the discharge of the supervision and special guardianship orders made in respect of her child. However, what she had been seeking was a re-hearing of the earlier fact-finding hearing. The mother was given leave to re-open the fact-find. Her application for legal aid was refused. The Family Court held that the effect of the judgment was to re-open the care proceedings under s 31 of the Children Act 1989, that future hearings before the judge would be of those proceedings and the ongoing proceedings before the judge were, accordingly, a 'special Children Act 1989 case', in relation to which the mother was entitled to legal aid in accordance with para 2 of the Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2013, SI 2013/104.
Legal aid – Entitlement. The mother made an application seeking the discharge of the supervision and special guardianship orders made in respect of her child. However, what she had been seeking was a re-hearing of the earlier fact-finding hearing. The mother was given leave to re-open the fact-find. Her application for legal aid was refused. The Family Court held that the effect of the judgment was to re-open the care proceedings under s 31 of the Children Act 1989, that future hearings before the judge would be of those proceedings and the ongoing proceedings before the judge were, accordingly, a 'special Children Act 1989 case', in relation to which the mother was entitled to legal aid in accordance with para 2 of the Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2013, SI 2013/104.
The Chair of the Bar reports back
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By David Green
At the start of her term, Chair of the Bar 2026 Kirsty Brimelow KC set out a series of priorities for the year ahead. One of those priorities was children in the justice system
As the world becomes more digital, Barbara Vinagre Mota examines international research into the mental health consequences of judges’ exposure to graphic and immersive evidence, highlighting the importance of support systems
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Reviewed by Daniel Barnett
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