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The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), College of Policing and HMICFRS have published their findings in response to a police super-complaint submitted by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust on behalf ...

A new report by Kinship, the leading charity for kinship carers in the UK, shows that a lack of financial and other support is stopping kinship foster carers moving to kinship arrangements outside the ...

In Wolverhampton City Council v JA & Ors [2017] EWFC 62 (judgment: 18 August 2017), Keehan J dealt with a care case which involved allegations of sexual abuse of two young girls. They were aged 13 (X) ...

In Wolverhampton City Council v JA & Ors [2017] EWFC 62, Keehan J dealt with a care case which involved allegations of sexual abuse of two young girls. They were aged 13 (X) and 12 (Y) at the time of ...

The starting point for this article is the judgment summons application and Iqbal v Iqbal [2017] EWCA Civ 19 (judgment of Sir Ernest Ryder, Senior President of Tribunals of 25 January 2017). However, ...

This paper describes an innovative approach to assist the outcome of entrenched private law contact and residence disputes where dependent children are caught up in their parents' 'chronic' ...

This article explores the advantages of the collaborative process which can be promoted as a proactive supportive ...

The Resolutions-Model Assessment is most often used in care proceedings where there has been a non-accidental injury findings made against the parent/s and one/both deny perpetrating the injuries.

The author explores the recent decision in P v Q and F (Child: Legal Parentage) [2024] EWCA Civ 878. This concerned the status of legal parents where donated sperm is used outside the licensed system ...

Parental orders have always been seen as the gold standard order to obtain following a surrogacy arrangement to ensure intended parents are recognised as legal parents. This article explores some of ...