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The article presents a case concerning an application for a freeing order filed by a Health and Social Services Trust under the Adoption Order 1987 in Northern Ireland.
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The article presents a case concerning an application for a freeing order filed by a Health and Social Services Trust under the Adoption Order 1987 in Northern Ireland. The guardian ad litem failed to secure legal aid from the Legal Services Commission for the retention of an expert witness. The parents expressed their desire to join in instructing the witness which delayed the more...
International Classification:
Legal or care issues
Categories:
adoption -freeing order
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Adoption & Fostering,
Vol: 31 Page: 127-129 2007 Spring2007
Kerry O'Halloran
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The article discusses the ruling of the Northern Ireland High Court of Justice in a case about an appeal against an order made by a Master of the High Court refusing leave to the father of a children
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The article discusses the ruling of the Northern Ireland High Court of Justice in a case about an appeal against an order made by a Master of the High Court refusing leave to the father of children for the disclosure of documents to and examination of the children by an expert. The court held that the judge placed emphasis on the determination not to have the timetable of the Trust more...
International Classification:
Legal or care issues
Categories:
parental application for access rights
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Adoption & Fostering,
Vol: 30 Page: 72-76 2006 Winter2006
Kerry O'Halloran
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The article discusses a court case on the right of an applicant to adopt a non-resident child for a non-Convention country pursuant to article 9 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
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The article discusses a court case on the right of an applicant to adopt a non-resident child for a non-Convention country pursuant to article 9 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 and the Adoption of Children From Overseas Regulations (Northern Ireland). Under the Order, it is an offence for a person habitually resident in the British Isles to bring into Great Britain for the more...
International Classification:
Legal or care issues
Categories:
adoption
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Adoption & Fostering,
Vol: 31 Page: 77-80 2007 Winter2007
Kerry O'Halloran
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The article focuses on an adoption case in Northern Ireland related to the Articles 9 and 18 of the Adoption Order of 1987
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The article focuses on an adoption case in Northern Ireland related to the Articles 9 and 18 of the Adoption Order of 1987. The case concerned a Trust application under Article 18 to free two children for adoption without the consent of their mother. Both fathers of the children have failed to attend hearings. more...
International Classification:
Legal or care issues
Categories:
adoption
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Adoption & Fostering,
Vol: 29 Page: 90-93 2005
Kerry O'Halloran
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The article provides information on a court case in Northern Ireland involving adoption application, parental reasonableness in withholding consent, welfare interests and the right to family life.
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The article provides information on a court case in Northern Ireland involving adoption application, parental reasonableness in withholding consent, welfare interests and the right to family life. It also focuses on Article 18 of the Northern Ireland Adoption Order 1987 and Article 8 of the European Convention. It concerns a Trust application for an order freeing for adoption two more...
International Classification:
Legal or care issues
Categories:
adoption application
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Adoption & Fostering,
Vol: 30 Page: 74-79 2006
Kerry O'Halloran
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The article focuses on some of the medico-legal issues that arose as a result of a situation which occurred in May 2001 in Ireland when a woman who was a British citizen and who was fourteen weeks pregnant collapsed and suffered a brain haemorrhage
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This paper examines some of the medico-legal issues that arose as a result of a situation which occurred in May 2001 in Ireland when a woman who was a British citizen and who was fourteen weeks pregnant collapsed and suffered a brain haemorrhage. She was taken to hospital where she was placed on life support but declared brain-dead. As a result of the uncertainty regarding the more...
International Classification:
Legal or care issues
Categories:
maternal-fetus medico-legal issues
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Med Law,
Vol: 23 Page: 237-50 2004
A. A. Sheikh; D. A. Cusack
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This case report discusses a case of infanticide for 19th century Ireland and explore related diagnostic, therapeutic and judicial issues
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BACKGROUND: Infanticide has been described in almost every human society. AIMS: To present a case of infanticide from nineteenth-century Ireland and explore related diagnostic, therapeutic and judicial issues. METHODS: This paper uses original archival material from the Central Mental Hospital, Dublin to present a case of infanticide and inform an exploration of related issues. RESULTS: more...
International Classification:
Legal or care issues
Categories:
infanticide
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Ir J Med Sci,
Vol: 176 Page: 149-52 September 2007
B. D. Kelly
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The article discusses a court case concerning an appeal from a British High Court decision that articles 14 and 15 of the Adoption Order 1987 did not contravene the rights of the appellants under article 8
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The article discusses a court case concerning an appeal from a British High Court decision that articles 14 and 15 of the Adoption Order 1987 did not contravene the rights of the appellants under article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. An appellate judge notes the lack of general right for all couples to apply for adoption under the 1987 Order. The more...
International Classification:
Legal or care issues
Categories:
adoption
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Adoption & Fostering,
Vol: 31 Page: 75-79 2007
Kerry O'Halloran
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These case reports discuss five case studies in the patient rights area from Malaysia, Ireland, South Africa, Indonesia and the United States, respectively
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Recognition and articulation of patient rights are core issues in the medical jurisprudence of most nations. While the nature of rights in medical care may vary from country to country, reflecting the idiosyncrasies of domestic law and health delivery, there are commonalities in this area of law that cut across borders. This paper presents five case studies in the patient rights area more...
International Classification:
Legal or care issues
Categories:
patient rights
Geography:
International
Med Law,
Vol: 22 Page: 451-71 2003
J. D. Blum; N. Talib; P. Carstens; M. Nasser; D. Tomkin; A. McAuley
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The article focuses on the ruling on the wishes of a child and legal representation concerning her decision to live in Northern Ireland
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The article focuses on the ruling on the wishes of a child and legal representation concerning her decision to live in Northern Ireland. The child wrote a letter to the South American court stating that she wanted to live in Ireland with her grandmother and step-grandfather. The child was given leave to commence proceedings in her own name, was granted the services of the Deputy more...
International Classification:
Legal or care issues
Categories:
legal ruling regarding place of abode
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Adoption & Fostering,
Vol: 29 Page: 75-78 2005 Winter2005
Kerry O'Halloran
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This article discusses a court case concerning an adoption application for two children whose birth parents and siblings seek direct contact post adoption.
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The article discusses a court case concerning an adoption application for two children whose birth parents and siblings seek direct contact post adoption. The parents were in opposition of adoption as they hold hopes that the children will be returned home. The judge of the case ruled that the direct contact arrangement with two other siblings serve in the interest of the children in more...
International Classification:
Legal or care issues
Categories:
adoption
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Adoption & Fostering,
Vol: 32 Page: 82-85 2008 Spring2008
Kerry O'Halloran
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This article discusses a court case which concerns an application by a Trust for an order under Article 50 of the Children (N. Ireland) Order 1995 in relation to three children after one child was admitted for intra-abdominal tumour
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The article discusses a court case which concerns an application by a Trust for an order under Article 50 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 in relation to three children after one child was admitted for intra-abdominal tumour. The applicant Trust formed the view that the children should not be returned to the care of their mother and decided to seek placements for them with more...
International Classification:
Legal or care issues
Categories:
application for a care order
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Adoption & Fostering,
Vol: 32 Page: 80-84 2008 Summer2008
Kerry O'Halloran
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The article discusses a court case involving a Trust application for a care order for a child of a teenage single mother whose previous child had died in Northern Ireland
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The article discusses a court case involving a Trust application for a care order for a child of a teenage single mother whose previous child had died in Northern Ireland. The court considered the Article 50(2) of the Children (Northern Ireland) 1995 Order. A consultant clinical psychologist provided a report noting that the mother had been using and abusing alcohol and drugs after the more...
International Classification:
Legal or care issues
Categories:
application for a care order
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Adoption & Fostering,
Vol: 32 Page: 93-97 2008
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