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A social worker is to sue the Government for more than $2.6 million over a failure to pay for her work as an independent advocate for children in court. Lawyers for Tiffanne Thomas have filed a civil action against the Attorney-General and Accountant...

A child welfare campaigner said yesterday that the “heart-wrenching” case of a 15-year-old girl exiled to an overseas institution for three years without any say in the decision highlighted the need for vulnerable children to be given a voice. The te...

An erosion of the right of vulnerable children to have independent legal representation in court would be “yet another attack on the human rights of its citizens by the Government”, the Human Rights Commission warned yesterday. Tawana Tannock, chairw...

The Government is proposing a change to the law aimed at eroding the rights of children to have independent legal representation in court, it has been claimed. An anonymous source shared with The Royal Gazette a copy of a draft Bill, titled the Child...

The former social development minister rejected a claim yesterday that he was fired from Cabinet for his handling of an inquiry into allegations that children in care were mistreated. Sources claimed Michael Weeks was ousted because he insisted that ...

The Attorney-General was accused yesterday of confusion in a row over the representation of vulnerable children in court proceedings. The claim came after Tiffanne Thomas, a freelance social worker, announced she was to quit as a litigation guardian ...

Shadow legal affairs minister Scott Pearman has called on Attorney-General Kathy Lynn Simmons to explain to the public why she has been named as a codefendant in five civil lawsuits. The five writs are among 14 cases filed in the Supreme Court since ...

A second inquiry has been launched into the island’s child protection agency in less than three months. The Government revealed yesterday that the Department of Internal Audit was conducting a review into the Department of Child and Family Services....

A top Crown counsel is being sued for an alleged failure to pay back more than half a million dollars to a “self-help” club set up by a group of friends in North Hamilton. Club 10 Foundation Ltd claimed that Myron Simmons, a senior lawyer in the Atto...

The owners of a dairy farm accused by neighbours of causing a stink have rejected a potential buyer after news of the sale was made public before it was finalised. Lidia and Valter Medeiros knocked back the offer and accused the “suitor” interested i...