A report from the office of the Children’s Commissioner for England has found that thousands of homeless children are growing up in...
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Doughty Street Chambers was delighted to host last night's launch of the Network for Community Care Law for Children and Young People. An...
Until recently, children who have suffered abuse that might have been avoided but for inadequate intervention by childrens social...
In a recent judgment, the Administrative Court has confirmed that a local authority's duty under s. 17 Children Act 1989 is a continuing...
On 21 March, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Children published a damning report on the state of children's services in...
This morning, the High Court has answered an important, previously undecided legal question: whether a local authority children's...
The use by local authorities of the power under section 20 of the Children Act 1989 to accommodate and look after a child, rather than to...
In a number of recent cases the High Court has had opportunity to consider the law relating to section 17 Children Act 1989 assessments,...
Yesterday's Daily Mail carried a piece by Carol Sarler about what it described as a "scandal, blighting the lives of thousands of...
Hammersmith and Fulham has become the first London local authority to exempt care leavers from council tax payments until they reach 25....
Since R (MN) v Hackney [2013] EWHC 1205 the drawing of adverse inferences from non-disclosure of information has been a frequent refrain...
It has been three days since the Divisional Court handed down its ruling in R (Miller and Dos Santos) v. Secretary of State for Exiting...