The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has stated that it is astonished by comments made by the new president of the Family Division, Lord Justice Wall, who stated in his judgment in EH v London Borough of Greenwich [2010] EWCA Civ 344 that some social workers do little to dispel the perception that they are “arrogant and enthusiastic removers of children from their parents into an unsatisfactory care system – trampling on the rights of parents and children in the process.”

Speechly Bircham

The case of D v D involved a family farming business of which the husband was the majority shareholder, his shareholding having been gifted to him by various members of his family prior to, and during, the marriage. The court had to consider whether a clean break could be achieved where the outcome would be funded through the business.

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Enactment Citation
SI 2010/1065
Commencement Date
6 April 2010
Legislation Affected
SI 1991/1395 amended
Enabling Power
Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, s 144(A1) and Adoption and Children Act 2002, ss 60(4), 102(1)-(4), (6)-(8), 141(1), (3), Sch 1, paras 1(4), 4(4)