Levi Jouavel

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Sanchia Berg |Levi Jouavel

The most senior judge in the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, said there had been confusion in the previous decision. "We have become more and more concerned as to the exercise the judge undertook," he added. "For those reasons - we are agreed remittal should be allowed."He urged the family to find a solution through constructive dialogue. At the hearing, the boy's barrister, Deirdre Fottrell KC, said he is "desperate" to return to the UK. "He is culturally displaced and alienated," she said.

Feb 27, 2025 | aol.com | Sanchia Berg |Levi Jouavel

A 14-year-old boy has lost a court case he brought against his own parents after they moved him from London to Ghana to go to boarding school. The boy, described in court as shy, articulate, a keen cook and footballer, said his parents had tricked him into going to Africa, saying it was to visit a sick relative. He said had he known he was being sent to boarding school "there would have been no way I would have agreed to it".

Feb 27, 2025 | bbc.com | Sanchia Berg |Levi Jouavel

Son loses case against parents over move to AfricaSanchia Berg and Levi JouavelBBCThe boy said he was from London and wanted to go home (represented by an actor in a reconstruction) A 14-year-old boy has lost a court case he brought against his own parents after they moved him from London to Ghana to go to boarding school. The boy, described in court as shy, articulate, a keen cook and footballer, said his parents had tricked him into going to Africa, saying it was to visit a sick relative.

Feb 10, 2025 | yahoo.com | Levi Jouavel

An expert psychiatrist has said it was not "straightforward" to remove plastic bin liners from a mental health hospital ward where a young woman took her own life, a court has heard. Alice Figueiredo, 22, was being treated on the Hepworth Ward at Goodmayes Hospital in Ilford, east London, where she died in July 2015. The court had previously heard she had tried to harm herself 18 times with bin bags found on the ward.

Feb 10, 2025 | bbc.com | Levi Jouavel

Removing suicide risks on ward not simple, jury toldFigueiredo familyAlice Figueiredo died at Goodmayes Hospital in 2015An expert psychiatrist has said it was not "straightforward" to remove plastic bin liners from a mental health hospital ward where a young woman took her own life, a court has heard. Alice Figueiredo, 22, was being treated on the Hepworth Ward at Goodmayes Hospital in Ilford, east London, where she died in July 2015.