Family Law

“This is a ground-breaking decision that has served to clarify the law as far as the duty of care that social workers have towards young people and children who are not necessarily in a care institution, but are known to be at risk.

Whilst this case has been ongoing many other cases were put on hold, and there were grave concerns that the law could regress significantly – taking us back to an era when social workers were given exemption from blame, and leaving victims with little reassurance that everything possible was being done to protect them from harm. 

Thankfully the law has been restored to what it was and there is now liability for negligence on the part of Social Workers and others working for the Local Authority in the childcare context.”