“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
“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
“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 mistakes meant a chance to charge Baby P’s mother with assaulting him was missed several weeks before his death, an unpublished report says.”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
“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, 24th March 2009
Source: www.ombudsman.org.uk
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
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.
R (Liverpool City Council) v Hillingdon London Borough Council [2009] EWCA Civ 43; [2009] WLR (D) 45
“The responsibility for looking after a child in need fell on the local authority where the child was living and could not be fulfilled merely by sending the child on to another local authority, even if the child himself wanted to live in the area of that other authority. S 20 of the Children Act 1989 imposed a duty on the local authority to carry out a proper assessment of the child’s welfare needs and the type and location of accommodation that would meet those needs.”
WLR Daily, 11th February 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.
“The Children’s secretary Ed Balls launched a strong defence of his handling of the Baby P tragedy last night after Haringey’s former head of children’s services accused him of ‘breathtaking recklessness’ that had left social workers demoralised and put children’s safety at risk.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A social worker has been struck off for showing ‘extremely poor judgement’ in dealing with a case in which a 13-month-old boy was later murdered.”
BBC News, 26th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Social services departments across England face a radical overhaul as a result of disturbing failings uncovered after the death of Baby P and the Shannon Matthews kidnap case.”
The Independent, 7th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A series of errors by social services and health staff allowed a baby girl to stay with her violent father and incompetent mother before she was shaken to death, an inquiry concluded today.”
The Guardian, 5th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ed Balls moved swiftly to remove Sharon Shoesmith from her post, and states that every local council must learn the lessons of Baby P’s death. But in many ways, Shoesmith was the perfect children’s director for the new-look Department for Children, Schools and Families.”
The Times, 4th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Professionals must not be too reluctant to remove children from abusive parents, a group of experts has said.”
BBC News, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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