1. This is the fourth judgement I have delivered in this matter. At the beginning of my first judgment (see Lancashire CC v G (Unavailability of Secure Accommodation) [2020] EWHC 2828 (Fam)) I recalled the maxim that the measure of a society can be obtained from how that society treats its most vulnerable members, citing the formulation adopted by Nelson Mandela on 8 May 1995 that there can be no keener revelation of a society s soul than the way in which it treats its children .
2. Approaching
six months on from the commencement of these proceedings under the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court on 28 August 2020, it is possible to apply this illuminating metric to our society by reference to the extent to which G s acute and complex emotional and behavioural needs have been met. The scales tip very heavily against us.
A 31-year-old millionaire businessman who claimed his doctor wife had refused to have sex with him today dropped his legal bid to get their marriage nullified after she said she had a text proving it had been consummated.
Oxford-educated Husayn Kassai, co-founder of London-based technology firm Onfido, had wanted a judge to declare his marriage to Niloofar Tabarra, also 31, void by claiming the pair had never had sex.
However, Dr Tabarra denied that their marriage had not been consummated and said she had a text message showing they had sex in a hotel in Prague while on holiday.
Instead, the doctor wanted a divorce on the grounds that the relationship had allegedly been characterised by domestic abuse and coercive control .
NOTE: PICTURE POSED BY MODEL. A silhouette of a child is seen, as a disturbing report revealed that children are among hundreds of young women being trafficked into Ireland to be sold into the sex trade.. An “ongoing and acute” lack of suitable care places for society’s most vulnerable children has left a High Court judge with no choice but to authorise a suicidal Lancashire teenager’s placement in “sub-optimal” emergency accommodation. Mr Justice MacDonald said the 16-year-old, a “highly troubled and vulnerable young woman with multifaceted emotional and behavioural difficulties”, is at a high risk of self-harm or suicide.
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The Fiji Independent Commission against Corruption has told the Fiji Law Society to avoid being a hindrance to the serious and complex issue of corruption.
FICAC says corruption is a gateway for the occurrences of many other serious crimes including illegal drug importation, tax and customs breaches, fraud and serious financial crimes, money laundering, human trafficking, terrorism and terrorist financing.
It says the impact of corruption on the economy and society at large is irreversibly detrimental.
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FICAC made the statement following the Law Society’s letter to the Government on Tuesday requesting the deferment of debate on two bills before the House.
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The Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption has hit out at the Fiji Law Society’s comments that “corruption is not so complex – or so widespread” in a statement on the proposed establishment of an anti-corruption division of the judiciary.
FICAC said the statement was misconceived and delusional and requested the FLS refrain from undermining the real and serious issues of corruption, and avoid being a hindrance to any genuine effort put forth by the Government ‘to tackle this serious and complex matter’.
FICAC added the statement neglected the ground reality of the seriousness of corruption that the country was fighting.