Significant Harm

by | Aug 24, 2014 | Dictionary

Under section 31(2) of the Children Act 1989, a court can only make a care or supervision order if there is evidence on the balance of probabilities that a child has suffered or is likely to suffer ‘significant harm’. ‘Harm’ is defined by...

Emotional Harm/Abuse

by | Aug 24, 2014 | Dictionary

  There are many ways we can hurt each other. The worst kinds of hurt are not necessarily the ones caused by physical attacks. To cause emotional harm to another person means that you have behaved in a way which will hurt someone’s sense of self, by making...