Baby P’s father says he will sue ‘negligent’ Haringey Council – The Times
“The father of Baby Peter is preparing to sue Haringey Council for failing to protect his son.”
The Times, 12th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Category: social services
Woman wins care negligence case – BBC News
“A woman has been awarded £60,000 in damages for the abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother after a London council failed to take her into care.”
BBC News, 16th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Khyra mother ‘in privacy threat’ – BBC News
“A woman accused of starving her daughter to death threatened a social worker who looked through her letterbox with legal action, a court has heard.”
BBC News, 19th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Murder-plot social worker’s cases reviewed – The Independent
“A council is reviewing cases handled by a children’s social worker it employed despite her having a conviction for conspiring to murder her ex-husband.”
The Independent, 17th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina (G) v Southwark London Borough Council – Times Law Reports
Regina (G) v Southwark London Borough Council
House of Lords
“A local authority’s children’s services unit could not purport to fulfil its duties to look after a homeless child merely by referring him to the homeless persons unit.”
The Times, 4th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Council lawyers admit Baby P could have been put into care – The Guardian
“There was probably sufficient evidence to justify taking Baby P into care days before he was brutally killed, council lawyers at the centre of the case have privately admitted, according to documents seen by the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (G) v Southwark London Borough Council – WLR Daily
Regina (G) v Southwark London Borough Council [2009] UKHL 26; [2009] WLR (D) 159
“When a child aged 16 or 17 who had been excluded from his family home applied to the children’s service department of the local authority for accommodation under s 20 of the Children Act 1989, and he satisfied all the requirements of s 20(1), it was not open to the authority to refer the child to the local housing authority for accommodation as a homeless person under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996.”
WLR Daily, 20th May 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Baby P would have lived if anyone had gone beyond the call of duty – The Times
“Health workers missed dozens of opportunities to identify abuse being suffered by Baby P before his death because of ‘systemic failings’ in the care given to the child, an official report has found.”
The Times, 13th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Family courts system accused of hiding evidence from parents – The Times
“Parents fighting in the family courts for contact with their children are being denied access to their personal files by a corrupt system, a leading parental rights campaigner has said.”
The Times, 29th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Boy, eight, taken into care after mother hit him with hairbrush – The Guardian
“Child protection authorities yesterday said they hoped to return an eight-year-old boy to his mother who had hit him with a hairbrush as soon as possible, but defended their decision to take him into care.”
The Guardian, 11th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police ‘culpable in Baby P case’ – BBC News
“Police mistakes meant a chance to charge Baby P’s mother with assaulting him was missed several weeks before his death, an unpublished report says.”
BBC News, 9th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Baby unlawfully taken from mother – BBC News
“Social workers in Nottingham failed to follow the correct legal processes in separating a baby from its teenage mother, a report has concluded.”
BBC News, 6th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ombudsmen’s report calls for urgent review of health and social care for people with learning disabilities – Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
“Ombudsmen’s report calls for urgent review of health and social care for people with learning disabilities.”
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, 24th March 2009
Source: www.ombudsman.org.uk
Baby P: Council chief Sharon Shoesmith ‘sues for sexual discrimination’ – Daily Telegraph
“The senior council official who was sacked over her department’s handling of the Baby P case is suing for sexual discrimination, it has been claimed.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Baby P inquiry: 200,000 children at risk of violence or abuse, says Lord Laming – Daily Telegraph
“Two hundred thousand children are at risk of violence or abuse in their own home, according to an official report from Lord Laming commissioned after the death of Baby P.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lord Laming report to criticise child protection – Daily Telegraph
“Councils across the country are making the same mistakes that contributed to the death of Baby P, an official report is expected to say today.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Power of Attorney forms to be cheaper and simpler – Ministry of Justice
“Lasting Powers of Attorney forms will be overhauled to make them simpler to complete and cheaper to register, the Public Guardian Martin John said today.”
Ministry of Justice, 11th March 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Balls sacked Baby P chief under pressure from media, legal challenge alleges – The Guardian
“The details of Sharon Shoesmith’s judicial challenge against the children’s secretary, Ed Balls, first revealed by the Guardian last night, have been published today (10 March).”
The Guardian, 10th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Baby P care chief starts legal action against Balls – The Guardian
“The former children’s services chief who was sacked after the Baby P tragedy has launched a legal challenge against the role played in her dismissal by Ed Balls, the children’s secretary, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 10th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Liverpool City Council) v Hillingdon London Borough Council and Another – Times Law Reports
Regina (Liverpool City Council) v Hillingdon London Borough Council and Another
Court of Appeal
“A local authority had failed to carry out its duty under section 20 of the Children Act 1989 when dealing with an asylum-seeker who claimed to be a child because it did not carry out an assessment of his welfare needs, or of the kind of accommodation that would be required to meet them.”
The Times, 13th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
