by Lucy R | Jan 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
The case of little Poppi Worthington, a 1 year old girl who died in 2012, and who the Family Court has ruled was seriously sexually assaulted by her Father shortly before her death, has been much in the news recently. We wrote about Poppi’s case some time ago...
by Alice T | Nov 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Is the government drive to increase the numbers of children adopted from care (as opposed to the speed of decision making and the journey time to an adoptive placement once decision made), wrongly affecting individual placement choice for children? (Part One) This...
by Alice T | Nov 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
This blog post is my summary and analysis of a new report on young people and family court judgments by Julia Brophy, funded by the Association of Lawyers for Children Since 3 February 2014, judicial guidance has required certain judges, hearing certain family cases...
by Julie D | Oct 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
An article published in The Guardian today reports that the political party Ukip has issued a policy that family courts should be ‘more sensitive and more open’. We have not been able to read the policy document yet so cannot comment. However, it is...
by Lucy R | Oct 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Lucy Reed has published a post on her blog Pink Tape which explains a bit about the legal framework likely to apply in the case reported in the press last week and cases with similar features. See : PARENTS FOUND INNOCENT OF CHILD ABUSE AFTER THEIR BABY WAS REMOVED...
by Alice T | Oct 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
The continuing quest to get to the bottom of performance measurement and target setting about adoption at national, regional and local level. We have definitely not yet reached the bottom! (Whatever is or is not down there) This is an update to Lies, damn lies and...
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