“A girl who spent her childhood imprisoned in a brothel before being trafficked into the UK for sexual exploitation should not be treated as an adult, her lawyer argued on Wednesday.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A social worker from the Vale of Glamorgan has been found guilty of misconduct, after failing to properly warn a foster family about the risks posed by a teenager he placed in their care.”
BBC News, 7th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A local authority had been entitled to withdraw the funding for a night-time carer to assist a disabled person to use a commode when required, and to instead provide her with incontinence pads to wear at night.”
WLR Daily, 6th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A judge said she was troubled by the implications of a supreme court decision against a former ballerina which campaigners say could lead to the elderly being ‘warehoused’ at home ‘without regard to their quality of life’.”
The Guardian, 6th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Department for Education has confirmed that it is seeking an appeal at the supreme court against the court of appeal ruling that Sharon Shoesmith was unfairly sacked following the death of Baby P.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A murdered three-year-old West Midlands boy was not protected despite his killers being known to child protection agencies, a report has found.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A council has apologised for mistakes which led to an 11-year-old raping another boy.”
BBC News, 15th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Sharon Shoesmith has said it was ‘justice, not money’ that motivated her during a two-year legal challenge over her controversial sacking in the wake of the Baby Peter tragedy.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An ex-social services director says she is ‘thrilled’ to have won an appeal against a ruling that her sacking after Baby Peter’s death was lawful.”
BBC News, 27th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Haringey’s former head of child services will learn today if she has won her court of appeal battle over her sacking in the wake of the Baby P tragedy.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s biggest council has been told its plans to cut care services for elderly and severely disabled people are ‘unlawful’ and must be scrapped, in a landmark High Court judgement with wide-ranging implications for social care.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“High Court judges are to make a ruling on council care cuts that will have implications for all local authorities in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 19th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 12-year-old girl who was raped and murdered by her uncle in Manchester was failed by child protection agencies, an independent inquiry has found.”
BBC News, 13th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (G) v Lambeth London Borough Council and another [2011] EWCA Civ 526; [2011] WLR (D) 152
“Accommodation ostensibly provided to a child aged 16 to 17 by a council as a local housing authority was to be deemed to be accommodation provided by it as a children’s services authority where the child met the criteria of a ‘child in need’ within section 17(10) of the Children Act 1989 and the actions of a social worker working for the council in a different team could properly be imputed to the social services division. Consequently on reaching adulthood that person became a ‘former relevant child’ within section 23C(1) of the 1989 Act, as inserted, and was owed the duties set out in that section.”
WLR Daily, 6th May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The Law Commission is recommending the most far-reaching reforms of adult social care law seen for over 60 years, in a report published today.”
Law Commission, 11th May 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Elderly people will be guaranteed a minimum level of council help under plans for the most radical overhaul of social care in 60 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Child protection social workers should be freed up from box-ticking bureaucracy to give them more time to work with families and at-risk youngsters, a government-commissioned report was due to say on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 10th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: The Munro Review of Child Protection, CM 8062 (PDF)
“Child deaths from abuse have fallen dramatically over the past 30 years, new figures show. With social workers frequently vilified after the death of a child at the hands of adult guardians, the findings – published in Archives of Disease in Childhood – act as tribute to the success of child protection policies and those who implement them.”
The Independent, 5th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A High Court judge investigating a mother with learning difficulties whose children became victims of a dangerous paedophile has strongly condemned the way the case was handled by a county’s social services.”
The Independent, 21st April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Judges have ruled that Birmingham City Council’s plans to limit social care for disabled people are unlawful.”
BBC News, 20th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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