by Sarah P | Jan 22, 2015 | Comment
‘If I wait for evidence it can be too late’ – when dramatic licence goes too far I watched the first half of Silent Witness: Protection on Wednesday via iplayer and smiled indulgently at some of the more anguished twitter responses to its...
by Sarah P | Dec 21, 2014 | Comment
Beyond all ideas of right and wrong there is a field – I will meet you there. Rumi On 11th November 2014 the Family Justice Council held its 8th Annual Debate and panel discussion at Westminster Central Hall. The topic for discussion was transparency....
by Sarah P | Dec 4, 2014 | Events, Project
[Update 15/5/15 : We’ve now put all the conference material together on our events page here and we’ve stopped updating this post. The most up to date programme is on our events page.] Policing Parents? Protecting Children? Promoting Adoption? Do we get...
by Sarah P | Sep 30, 2014 | Comment
Locking the stable door after the horse has bolted There are many metaphors which are applicable in this situation. Cats that are out of bags, genies that are out of their bottles etc, etc. What the metaphors share is recognition of the futility of trying to act after...
by Sarah P | Sep 10, 2014 | Dictionary
Section 20 of the Children Act 1989 is about the local authority’s duty to provide accommodation for any child in need in their area who needs somewhere to live because there isn’t anyone who has parental responsibility for him or the person who has been caring...
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