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Our son Aran was moved to a secure unit from a closed secure unit today. We had 20 minutes notice of this. We manged to get a lawyer to revoke our section 25 but it had been superseeded. He was violent i n the closed unit as he has ASD ADD and wanted to come home.  If he was a prisoner of war he would get medals for bravery but I do not condone violence. It showed me his spirit was unbroken. My husband and I have a family lawyer but because we did not know he was being moved today and found out only accidently by phoning the unit to talk to Aran- we were 50 minutes too late in revoking our section 25 and we could have taken Aran home. He is now locked away. We agreed to the close secure unit for assessment purposes only. We had no idea they would/could do this. We need a lawyer in Glasgow for our son. A hearing is on Tuesday. We have not even the paperwork to prepare. We are a loving family with no criminal background, in fact I was a SEN teacher and my husband is a professor at university. Our son has been transitioned without story boards, without us being allowed to encourage him,  without his consent or understanding. We need to hire a lawyer. Aran wants to come home and we want him home. We have no experience of the law and need to move fast on this. We have 3 other children who are devestated. Aran did not know the consequence of his violent behaviour. We were to take him home tomorrow and the last two days saw a peaceful interactive boy who came out of his bedroom. He had withdrawn himself into his room for most of the day. Staying in bed. A child in deep despair. We are in a crisis of a nightmare level. So any one that can help direct us to the best child lawyer in Scotland please

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  • In a recent case where a parent (Bethany's Dad) needed urgent legal support Twitter provided a quick way for him to connect with the right people.

    If you have not already got a Twitter account it's easy to set up. If you ask Bethany's Dad @JeremyHO9406697 to retweet your message it will reach lots of relevant people.

    If you prefer I can Tweet from my own Twitter account asking for recommendations for child lawyers in Scotland and explaining the urgency. I can then post any replies in this thread. 

  • in reply to Sunflower

    Here's an excerpt from an account by Bethany's Dad - 

    "I had advice given me to contact Catriona Filmer, The Head of Legal at Mencap and the Head of Pro Bono at Fieldfisher.

    Within hours this wonderful person had engaged not one but two Barristers on my behalf and as I did not meet the criteria for Legal Aid, the help would be on a Pro Bono basis meaning the work they were undertaking for me was going to be without charge.

    Team Beth was born.

    Oliver Lewis, Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers who practises on Mental Health and Disability, Court of Protection cases as well as International Human Rights cases.

    Victoria Butler-Cole is a Barrister at 39 Essex Chambers. She specialises in public law and has a particular interest in mental health. Appearing in the Court of Protection work she has been described as a “star performer” and a “very persuasive advocate”.

    Without Twitter, I never would have had such eminent, knowledgeable, and convincing counsel. They are also bloody nice people!

    They tolerated my painfully slow responses via email and my inability to retain info for longer than a goldfish due to my mind just being overloaded.

    The three of them worked with me to provide the best possible counter to Walsall MBC’s accusations.

    I supplied copies of care plans stating how Beth needed to be in the community, I gave them copies of the note Beth signed allowing me to use social media to tell her story. I emailed them copies of reports showing my presence at every type of meeting from LAC Reviews to CTRs. I gave them copies of reports stating Beth has capacity and had chosen her own solicitor to represent her MHA rights in tribunals.

    I cannot disclose what happened inside the court. It was a private hearing.

    I can tell you how I felt. I felt understood. I felt my views were heard. I felt my case was put over in a way that fully countered what Walsall were claiming my actions were doing to Beth. I felt terrified yet supported by those around me."

  • in reply to Sunflower

    Bless you sunflower for just being you!

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