Reģi

Reģi is a village in Alsunga municipality in the historical region of Courland in western Latvia.

On 23 February 2007 a huge fire caused 26 fatalities in the "Reģi" institution for mentally disabled near Alsunga, which was later closed and government took a decision to move the institution to Gudenieki. It was the most fatal fire in the modern history of Latvia.

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Coordinates: 56°59′45″N 21°37′17″E / 56.99583°N 21.62139°E / 56.99583; 21.62139

Re I (a child)

I (a child) was a case heard by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on the 10 and 11 June 2009 and decided upon on 1 December 2009. The case principally involves the mother (a British Citizen of Indian origin), the father (a British Citizen of Pakistani origin) and their son (a British Citizen also born in the United Kingdom). The child was born on the 27 July 2000 and was 9 years old at the time of the case.

Facts

The parents separated in September 2002 and divorced in 2003, no court orders were made with regards to the child. He was admitted to hospital on the 1 November 2001 with fractures to his arms. At the fact-finding hearing in May 2002, District Judge Brasse found that the injuries were non-accidental and that the father had caused them. However, at the welfare hearing in December 2002, he reviewed that finding in the light of the new evidence which had emerged during the welfare inquiries and decided that the mother had been responsible.

In mid-2004 the father applied for leave to take the child to live in Pakistan with the father’s mother and sister. On 16 September 2004, Hedley J granted that leave. At the same time, the father (who was represented by counsel at the hearing) gave the conventional undertaking to return the child to this jurisdiction when ordered to do so by the court. The order also provided for interim contact with the mother until the child left the jurisdiction. The father and the boy moved to Pakistan on the 22 December 2004, and have lived there ever since.