Boy, eight, was taken from his family and put in foster care after social worker said his mother didn’t take him for ice cream or let him get his hair cut how he liked

Mr Justice Mostyn described the social worker’s claims as ‘utterly insubstantial’ The boy, now eight, taken away from his mother and made to live in foster care Social worker said ‘best example’ of neglect was not giving the boy ice cream Mr Justice Mostyn overruled a court hearing Swansea to rule he can return...

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The Court of Appeal has backed a decision that Pimlico Plumbers should have viewed self-employed Gary Smith as a “worker”.

The five justices rejected an appeal by Pimlico Plumbers against a number of court rulings that determined Mr X could claim “worker” status, even though he was described in his contract as a “self-employed operative”. Mr X claimed that, after suffering a heart attack in 2011, he was unfairly dismissed when he tried to reduce......

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