Regina (Shoesmith) v OFSTED and others – WLR Daily

Regina (Shoesmith) v OFSTED and others [2011] EWCA Civ 642; [2011] WLR (D) 184

“The report of Ofsted into child safeguarding arrangements within a local authority, requested by the Secretary of State for Education following the death of a child while on the authority’s child protection register, was properly and fairly carried out under the statutory requirements of section 20 of the Children Act 2004. In the circumstances, more formal and demanding standards were not obligatory.”

WLR Daily, 27th May 2011

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