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Cafcass practitioners' time is being absorbed by huge increases in paperwork driven by Cafcass' fear of further critical reports from Ofsted, according to Nagalro, professional association for court...
The lead Editorial in this week's Lancet medical journal makes an urgent call for a National Child Protection Commission to be set up in the UK.The call follows three contradictory decisions that have...
A new Legal Services Commission (LSC) claim form comes into use from today.The CLSPOA1 legal aid claim form replaces the CLSClaim 4 and CLSClaim 4A forms and is designed to streamline the claiming...
Swindon District Judge Byron Carron yesterday summonsed the Cafcass Chief Executive, Anthony Douglas, to explain the delays in preparing reports for three cases before him.According to The Times...
Hugh Logue, Legal News Editor
The Attorney General is to consider appealing against the sentences given in the Baby Peter case, a spokesman has said.Baroness Scotland could refer the case to the...
Families Need Fathers has appointed two new Regional Coordinators, Tony Upton and Emlyn Jones. The pair will be responsible for supporting volunteer development, services for members and fundraising...
A Nigerian woman living in London has been given permission to appeal to the House of Lords after the Court of Appeal upheld a Nigerian court order granting her a fraction of the amount of money she...
The Local Government Ombudsman has found that the London Borough of Lambeth failed a young person who looked to the Council for support, advice and assistance when leaving its care.Lambeth Council has...
Kent County Council failed to assess and adequately meet the needs of a family with two children with learning difficulties, finds Local Government Ombudsman, Tony Redmond.Mr and Mrs Carter (not their...
Paediatrician David Southall has lost his High Court appeal to have the decision to strike him off the medical register for serious professional misconduct overturned.The General Medical Council ruled...