by Lucy R | Jun 30, 2016 | Analysis, Comment, Notorious, Uncategorized
Several family lawyers have been discussing this case on Twitter, and it was suggested to us that it might be helpful to draw together a document with some important questions and our answers. We won’t necessarily agree on everything, but even our disagreements might...
by Lucy R | Jun 19, 2016 | Comment
Community Care tweeted this week that “Adopting more children from care will save £310m, says government”, linking to the article of the same name. CommunityCare Adopting more children from care will save £310m, says government https://t.co/lCRehDDQ6a...
by Lucy R | Jun 9, 2016 | Comment, Resources
We thought that The Transparency Project ought to produce a response to the recent consultation on fee-paid Mckenzie Friends. Now that we have finalised and submitted our response (just before the extended deadline – phew!) we are publishing it here for you to...
by Lucy R | May 26, 2016 | Cases, Comment, Notorious
Lucy Reed has commented on her Pink Tape recently about a case that has been widely reported, where a father sewed bugs into his daughters school clothes and was severely criticised for it. In the blog she considers the significance of that judgment and the relevance...
by Julie Doughty | May 22, 2016 | Comment, Trends
Last Sunday, the Prime Minister was widely quoted from the Sunday Times as being ‘unashamedly pro-adoption’ in describing the new Children and Social Work Bill announced later last week in the Queen’s Speech. The aims of the provisions in the Bill on...
by Julie Doughty | May 5, 2016 | Comment, Dictionary
There are several instances in the media this week of Kandyce Downer being incorrectly described as a foster carer of the child she killed. See, for example here in the Telegraph. If Ms Downer had been a foster carer, there would have been local authority oversight...
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