16 Oct, 2016 Policing and youth justice: reports by expert charities provide important contribution to debate By Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC In recent years there have been many criticisms of, and public discussion about, how children who come into contact with the police and...
15 Oct, 2016 Legal challenge to Oxfordshire children's services cuts falls at first hurdle By Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC It has been a year since the October 2015 report by charity 4Children that two-thirds of England's children's centres had found their...
14 Oct, 2016 Concessions on "exemption/innovation" clause as Children and Social Work Bill returns to Lords By Kate Beattie The Children and Social Work Bill returns to the House of Lords next week with rival amendments seeking to address the controversial...
07 Oct, 2016 Mismatch between local authority resources and their legal duties, again By Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC Last week, NHS Digital released figures showing that the backlog of referrals under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) regime...
01 Oct, 2016 Appendix FM and eligibility for housing By Doughty Street Chambers Over the past months there have been numerous instances where local authorities have refused housing to families granted leave to remain...