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Charlotte Bayati represents NS (Sri Lanka) and AR (Sri Lanka) led by Stephen Knafler QC in landmark Supreme Court ruling on the best interests of children facing removal

On the 24th October 2018, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in four linked cases known collectively as KO (Nigeria) and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 53. Charlotte Bayati of Goldsmith chambers, led by Stephen Knafler QC,represented two appellants and their families  linked and referred to as one of […]

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Derivative rights under Article 45 TFEU

Anthony Metzer QC and Sanaz Saifolahi appeared for the successful Appellant in the newly reported case of LS (Article 45 TFEU – derivative rights) [2018] UKUT 00426 (IAC). FACTS LS is a national of the Russian Federation and is the maternal grandmother and primary carer of S, a British National child. LS had originally entered […]

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Dr Charlotte Proudman quoted in Independent article about forced marriage and FGM

Girls ‘at heightened risk’ of FGM and forced marriage as police not told of protection orders Some children have been removed from country in breach of protection orders before safeguarding measures can be enforced Charlotte Proudman, a leading barrister who specialises in FGM cases, agreed with Mr Singh. She said: “The courts should be responsible […]

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Failure to act on Female Genital Mutilation

Local Government analysis: The failure to successfully prosecute a single case of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK is a ‘national scandal’, the Commons home affairs select committee said in September 2016. In a recent report, the MPs said it was ‘beyond belief’ that no one had been convicted of FGM, 30 years after […]

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Securing a child’s best interests through non-judicial means

Family Analysis The decision of the Court of Appeal in the parental contact case of Re Q (A Child) was effectively resolved via a non-judicial method to meet the child’s best needs. Kayleigh Long, barrister at Goldsmith Chambers, says the case goes to the core of assessing a child’s best interests, and highlights that sometimes […]

 

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