‘Care practitioners will be all too familiar with the 26-week time limit imposed by section 14 of the Children and Families Act 2014 and section 32(1)(a)(ii) of the Children Act 1989. It is this limit that has been the cause of pressure on public law children proceedings to conclude by a certain date, often leading to a recommendation by psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and children’s guardians that a parent is unable to make sufficient or sufficiently enduring changes within the children’s timescales.’
St Ives Chambers, 7th May 2025
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