Martin Sewell is a Kent-based family lawyer specialising in child protection. Despite much talk of the secular society, faith in Britain still matters. Not only do followers of faith heavily populate the voluntary, charitable, educational and caring spheres, but Churches, Synagogues, Mosques, and Gurdwawas probably represent some of the few places left in Britain where […]
Martin Sewell is a Kent-based family lawyer specialising in child protection. If you were to ask most childcare professionals what is the single most beneficial innovation for children over the past fifty years, most would nominate the creation of the role of the Children’s Guardian (formerly know as the "Guardian ad Litem"). The public outcry, […]
Martin Sewell is a Kent-based family lawyer. Lord Neuberger has raised concerns this week about the effects of one of the quietest revolutions in the British Constitution for many years. Under the Constitution, the final step in any appeal had traditionally been to the House of Lords. They had been regarded as the Guardians of […]
Martin Sewell is a Kent-based family lawyer specialising in child protection. One of the few principles of the 18th Century Enlightenment that will be familiar to many people today is that of Voltaire: "I disagree profoundly with what you say but will fight to the death for your right to say it." It is a […]
Martin Sewell is a Kent-based family lawyer specialising in child protection. Lord Laming’s report into the death of Baby P repeated a number of the lessons which should have been learnt from similar enquiries from his own into the death of Victoria Climbie, to that of Maria Colwell in 1973. If there is a single […]
Martin Sewell is a Kent-based family lawyer specialising in child protection. The discussions and recriminations over the death of Baby P will long continue, and no doubt the lessons and recommendations will join those from a plethora of previous Public Enquiries from the time of Maria Colwell to Victoria Climbie. The whole process is depressingly […]
Martin Sewell, a Family Lawyer specialising in Child Protection, laments the chaos caused by the Government’s mismanagement and underfunding of legal aid. A convicted drugs dealer recently evaded the possibility of his frozen financial assets being confiscated, because no legal aid barrister could be found to represent him at the hearing. The simple reason for […]
Martin Sewell is a Family Lawyer specialising in Child Protection and Adoption and an Anglican Lay Reader. His work puts him in daily contact with the disadvantaged of society who experience the consequences of social policy the most acutely. On the day that newly appointed Minister for Justice Jack Straw chose to restate his interest […]
Reflecting on Martin Luther King’s teaching and William Wilberforce’s campaign against the slave trade, Martin Sewell calls for moral clarity in confronting gun culture and other contemporary social enslavements. Martin Sewell is a Family Lawyer specialising in Child Protection and Adoption and an Anglican Lay Reader. His work puts him in daily contact with the […]
Martin Sewell is a Family Lawyer specialising in Child Protection and Adoption and an Anglican Lay Reader. His work puts him in daily contact with the disadvantaged of society who experience the consequences of social policy the most acutely. For so long, “progressive” thinking has had a Neo-Marxist confidence that “history will absolve us”, and […]
Martin Sewell is a Family Lawyer specialising in Child Protection and Adoption and an Anglican Lay Reader. His work puts him in daily contact with the disadvantaged of society who experience the consequences of social policy the most acutely. In November’s edition of Marie Claire, you can read an interview with television celebrity Graham Norton […]
Martin Sewell is a Family Lawyer specialising in Child Protection and Adoption and an Anglican Lay Reader. His work puts him in daily contact with the disadvantaged of society who experience the consequences of social policy the most acutely. "I am more interested in human beings than human rights, and I want to take the […]
Martin Sewell is a Family Lawyer specialising in Child Protection and Adoption and an Anglican Lay Reader. His work puts him in daily contact with the disadvantaged of society who experience the consequences of social policy the most acutely. "I am more interested in human beings than human rights, and I want to take the […]
Martin Sewell is a Kent-based family lawyer specialising in child protection. If we ever doubted the importance and influence of the US Democrats’ advisors on the New Labour project, the furore over allegations of bullying at Number 10 surely brings it all into focus. Former Clinton aide Bob Shrum is there still but the early […]