Comments on: Coronation Street, grandparents’ rights and a family lawyer's advice http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2010/03/12/coronation-street-grandparents%e2%80%99-rights-and-a-family-lawyers%e2%80%99-advice/ Where Family Law Meets Family Life Sun, 20 May 2012 21:43:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: simply wondered http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2010/03/12/coronation-street-grandparents%e2%80%99-rights-and-a-family-lawyers%e2%80%99-advice/#comment-581 simply wondered Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:45:51 +0000 http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/?p=1759#comment-581 a kind offer! sadly, those stints as a pretend duty solicitor were the sum total of my criminal work. i say 'sadly'... a kind offer! sadly, those stints as a pretend duty solicitor were the sum total of my criminal work. i say ‘sadly’…

]]> By: Marilyn Stowe http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2010/03/12/coronation-street-grandparents%e2%80%99-rights-and-a-family-lawyers%e2%80%99-advice/#comment-580 Marilyn Stowe Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:32:31 +0000 http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/?p=1759#comment-580 Good. I cant stand Gail and I hope her lawyer is utterly useless and off she goes. On the other hand ............I love Cilla. Id be Cilla if they wanted to reinvent her. Id even overdo the suntan. So if you want to do a guest post;- be my guest. It would be fun. Good. I cant stand Gail and I hope her lawyer is utterly useless and off she goes.
On the other hand …………I love Cilla. Id be Cilla if they wanted to reinvent her. Id even overdo the suntan.
So if you want to do a guest post;- be my guest. It would be fun.

]]> By: simply wondered http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2010/03/12/coronation-street-grandparents%e2%80%99-rights-and-a-family-lawyers%e2%80%99-advice/#comment-579 simply wondered Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:43:05 +0000 http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/?p=1759#comment-579 when will the guest post be forthcoming from a criminal lawyer on gail's murder rap? i am agog! i can tell you that her duty solicitor was dramatically deficient during her interview in that she failed to say 'my client has already answered that question'. as someone who has changed career from acting to the bar (yes alright 'changed') having played duty solicitors on the bill over some years, i can confirm that the line is compulsory in all tv police interviews. i think they just couldn't come up with anything else for the poor duty solicitor to say. when will the guest post be forthcoming from a criminal lawyer on gail’s murder rap? i am agog!
i can tell you that her duty solicitor was dramatically deficient during her interview in that she failed to say ‘my client has already answered that question’. as someone who has changed career from acting to the bar (yes alright ‘changed’) having played duty solicitors on the bill over some years, i can confirm that the line is compulsory in all tv police interviews. i think they just couldn’t come up with anything else for the poor duty solicitor to say.

]]> By: Simon Stell http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2010/03/12/coronation-street-grandparents%e2%80%99-rights-and-a-family-lawyers%e2%80%99-advice/#comment-578 Simon Stell Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:51:57 +0000 http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/?p=1759#comment-578 When are you appearing in Corrie! When are you appearing in Corrie!

]]> By: Nick Langford http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2010/03/12/coronation-street-grandparents%e2%80%99-rights-and-a-family-lawyers%e2%80%99-advice/#comment-577 Nick Langford Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:58:40 +0000 http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/?p=1759#comment-577 Sorry! (I only watch Emmerdale) Sorry!

(I only watch Emmerdale)

]]> By: Marilyn Stowe http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2010/03/12/coronation-street-grandparents%e2%80%99-rights-and-a-family-lawyers%e2%80%99-advice/#comment-576 Marilyn Stowe Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:50:58 +0000 http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/?p=1759#comment-576 Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Well done you but how annoying are you?! You pre-empted my next post which was theatrically designed to follow the broadcast and is now unfortunately redundant! As you will have noted, now that the outcome has been broadcast, forty minutes ago, Simon has made his choice and returned very dramatically (this is a soap after all) to his father and Leanne and also to Ken and Deidre, the grandparents he has grown up with all his life. He has returned to all that is familiar and has been familar to him throughout his life. He has rejected his maternal grandparent George, who he has known for only a few short months notwithstanding his father has slipped up once or twice with his drinking. This is apparently now under control and Peter has the support of his family. There has been no full court adjudication. The court has not had to make a decision as to what is in the child's best interests -but I dont think for one minute the outcome would have been different given there is nothing in the HL decision in Re B that is contrary to the outcome in Corrie. I would have said in a longer post it actually reinforces the outcome because whilst there is nothing in the judgment that removes the emphasis on parentage -it makes clear, all the facts, including parentage, need to be taken into account, in applying the welfare test. One further point, which I hope viewers will notice, is that in Corrie, the family has acted in unison and has ultimately amicably resolved where Simon is going to continue to live, George has stated he will withdraw his proceedings, he has conceded Simon's long term residence and there is to be no acrimonious court dispute.Although these were highly unusual circumstances, the family ultimately did pull together all recognising where the best interests of the child lay. For now. (This is Corrie..................) Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Well done you but how annoying are you?! You pre-empted my next post which was theatrically designed to follow the broadcast and is now unfortunately redundant!
As you will have noted, now that the outcome has been broadcast, forty minutes ago, Simon has made his choice and returned very dramatically (this is a soap after all) to his father and Leanne and also to Ken and Deidre, the grandparents he has grown up with all his life. He has returned to all that is familiar and has been familar to him throughout his life. He has rejected his maternal grandparent George, who he has known for only a few short months notwithstanding his father has slipped up once or twice with his drinking. This is apparently now under control and Peter has the support of his family.
There has been no full court adjudication. The court has not had to make a decision as to what is in the child’s best interests -but I dont think for one minute the outcome would have been different given there is nothing in the HL decision in Re B that is contrary to the outcome in Corrie. I would have said in a longer post it actually reinforces the outcome because whilst there is nothing in the judgment that removes the emphasis on parentage -it makes clear, all the facts, including parentage, need to be taken into account, in applying the welfare test.
One further point, which I hope viewers will notice, is that in Corrie, the family has acted in unison and has ultimately amicably resolved where Simon is going to continue to live, George has stated he will withdraw his proceedings, he has conceded Simon’s long term residence and there is to be no acrimonious court dispute.Although these were highly unusual circumstances, the family ultimately did pull together all recognising where the best interests of the child lay.
For now.
(This is Corrie………………)

]]> By: Nick Langford http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2010/03/12/coronation-street-grandparents%e2%80%99-rights-and-a-family-lawyers%e2%80%99-advice/#comment-575 Nick Langford Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:10:19 +0000 http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/?p=1759#comment-575 Wasn't Re B overturned in the Supreme Court? Re B (A Child) [2009] UKSC 5, http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2009/5.html. Wasn’t Re B overturned in the Supreme Court? Re B (A Child) [2009] UKSC 5, http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2009/5.html.

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