‘A woman under orders not to contact her son has been spared jail for accepting an invitation to attend a parents’ evening at his London school.’
The Guardian, 14th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Domestic abuse hurts children, whether they are the direct target, or find themselves witness to warfare in their home. The latest government figures show that half of all children assessed as needing social services support are in that plight through domestic abuse – and when social workers feel a child is no longer safe at home, they can be removed into the care system. This means being taken away from their mothers – typically the victim in all this. But she’s not usually the one being violent. Most often, it’s the children’s father or stepfather who is. As rates of reported domestic abuse soar – incidents sufficiently serious to be recorded by police as crimes rose 5% between 2016 and 2017, according to the Office for National Statistics – it’s estimated by the charity Safe Lives that 130,000 children live in households with “high‑risk” domestic abuse. So why are victims investigated by social services, rather than the perpetrators who cause such physical and mental harm?’
Family Law, 14th January 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Sexual assault victims are waiting up to 14 months for counselling as specialist support services struggle to cope with unprecedented demand, MPs have said.’
The Guardian, 11th December 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew MacFarlane issued some guidance last week on the anonymisation of published judgments in family court cases.’
Transparency Project, 10th December 2018
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘A Family Court judge has condemned a council’s care for two young women as “woeful” and said he was “appalled” by failures of social workers and managers.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th December 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Speech by Rt. Hon. Sir Andrew McFarlane: Association of Lawyers for Children Conference 2018.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 23rd November 2018
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘A family court judge has criticised a council’s social services department after it emerged that a little boy was placed with foster carers when grandparents who might have offered a home were unaware of his existence.’
The Indepdendent, 7th November 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Olwen Dutton, partner at Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP, discusses the key aspects of the government’s loneliness strategy. Dutton also considers any potential ethical issues stemming from the social prescription aspect of the strategy, whereby GPs will be able to refer patients who are experiencing loneliness to community activities and voluntary services.’
Family Law, 6th November 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has approved the new SRA Handbook, including the controversial proposal to allow solicitors to provide unreserved services to the public from unregulated businesses.’
Legal Futures, 6th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The independent healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission recently warned that disjointed health and social care services in England are placing increasing pressure on A&E departments. As pressure grows on the country’s health and care system, what does this mean for the human rights of older people?’
Rights Info, 18th October 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘A young woman with learning difficulties should not be told she was covertly fitted with a contraceptive device as it would ruin her trust in her carers, a court has ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Lawyer and human rights champion Sir Louis Blom-Cooper passed away in London, aged 92, on September 19, 2018. Here are some of the ways in which Blom-Cooper blazed a trail for human rights.’
Rights Info, 2nd October 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘Councils are said to be using hundreds of thousands of people’s data to try and predict child abuse, it has emerged.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘UK central government cuts and the fast-growing cost of social care have led to significant financial strain on local authorities. What are the restructuring options available to UK local authorities facing unlawful overspending?’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th August 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A social services chief has apologised for mistakes in the care of a baby girl who was murdered by her father two weeks after he adopted her. A review has found that both social services workers and a doctor missed opportunities to spot anything abnormal when Elsie Scully-Hicks suffered a catalogue of injuries in the months before she died.’
The Independent, 2nd August 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Ella Anderson, barrister at Spire Barristers, discusses the practical implications of the judgment in Re FX [2017] EWCOP 36 – the first ever reported decision to consider questions of capacity in the context of Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare genetic disorder which causes a range of physical, learning and behavioural difficulties.’
Family Law, 30th July 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) received 17,452 complaints and enquiries about local government in 2017-18, compared with 16,863 in the previous year, its annual review of local government complaints – published today – has revealed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th July 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘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
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