‘The murder of a man by a violent schizophrenia patient “could have been avoided” had a medical tribunal been given complete information on his past, a report has concluded.’
BBC News, 21st June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Care Crisis Review, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and facilitated by the Family Rights Group, has published its report. The report considers how to address the crisis in children’s social care and the family justice sector, and explores the factors which have contributed to it.’
Family Law, 13th June 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘The family justice system is in crisis, fuelled by an “untenable” workload created by a glut of applications to take vulnerable children into care, the senior judge about to become the next head of the family courts has said.’
The Guardian, 13th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has criticised the London Borough of Bromley after it significantly reduced the support package provided to a man with special needs.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th May 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A mother has been convicted of tricking her daughter into a forced marriage abroad in a case believed to be a legal first.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd May 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Deaths like that of six-year-old Ellie Butler, who was murdered by her father, could keep happening unless failures in child protection are quickly corrected, a report obtained by the Guardian has warned.’
The Guardian, 25th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Parents are being investigated for possible child abuse because of the misinterpretation of guidelines on bruising in babies, it’s claimed.’
BBC News, 24th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Failings by agencies over the care of a six-year-old girl who was murdered by her father did not contribute to her death, a coroner has ruled.’
BBC News, 10th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has expedited the hearing of a key case over the liability of social services authorities.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th April 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Professionals who worked with a 16-year-old Bristol girl killed in a sexually motivated attack by her stepbrother and his partner treated her as problematic rather than as a vulnerable adolescent with a difficult past, a serious case review has found. Seventeen experts from eight service providers saw Becky Watts in the three-and-a-half years before she was killed by her step-brother, Nathan Matthews, and his partner, Shauna Hoare, but she received a fragmented service and there was a lack of communication.’
The Guardian, 15th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The grandfather of Ellie Butler, who was murdered by her father, says that he hopes the inquest into her death will allow him to finally lay his beloved granddaughter to rest.’
The Guardian, 11th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Lettings agents and landlords have been warned that they may be breaking the law if they refuse on a blanket basis to consider potential tenants simply because they are on benefits.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st March 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A mother beat her baby to death after the authorities failed to share details of the ‘early signs of neglect’ in the family, a serious case review has found.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Poor information sharing between agencies meant warning signs were missed in the lead up to the murder of a 19-day-old baby by his mother, a serious case review has found.
Nicola Brown, 43, from Portsmouth, was found guilty of the murder of her son Jake following a trial in 2016. She was ordered to serve life with a minimum of 14-and-a-half years.’
BBC News, 27th February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judicial review of the government’s plan to introduce accountable care organisations (ACOs) – which campaigners claim will lead to the stealth privatisation of the NHS – is set to go ahead after the High Court granted the crowd-funded claimants a costs-capping order.’
Litigation Futures, 23rd February 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Earlier this month the NSPCC put out a call on twitter for professionals to respond to a survey they are running as part of the evidence gathering phase of ‘a project to support professionals to take the appropriate action when they have concerns about the safeguarding of children and young people’. That project is said to build upon an earlier project : ‘No one noticed, no one heard – A study of disclosures of childhood abuse’.’
Transparency Project, 15th February 2018
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘A mother jailed for murdering her seven-month-old baby had confessed to attacking another child years earlier.’
The Guardian, 14th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This observation was made by HHJ Gareth Jones in Wrexham Family Court in March 2017, in a judgment Re E [2017] EWFC 101 published in January 2018.’
Transparency Project, 28th January 2018
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘The High Court has rejected as “totally without merit” a challenge brought by a council to a finding by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) that the authority could not take into account a woman’s personal injury award when carrying out an assessment of her finances.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th January 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘New figures show a huge rise in Romany and Traveller families having their children taken away. It’s being blamed on institutional prejudice.’
The Guardian, 24th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
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