Statutory Guidance on extending Personal Adviser support to care leavers up to the age of 25
The Children and Social Work Act 2017 introduced a new duty on local authorities to provide Personal Adviser support to all care leavers...
About Me
Sam specialises in public law, civil actions against public authorities, and inquests. He has been instructed as junior counsel in the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court, and in a major Public Inquiry. Sam's civil actions and inquest work arises primarily in cases involving police and prisons. He is a contributor to the forthcoming Police Misconduct (Legal Action Group). In public law, Sam is regularly instructed in community care and Children Act matters. He has acted in high profile cases of SG v SSWP concerning the lawfulness of the so-called 'benefit cap', and Moseley v Haringey LBC on the law of consultation, both in the Supreme Court.
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