On Monday night I watch a Dispatches programme on Channel 4 called 'Sharing Mum and Dad'. The documentary followed presenter and divorced father of two Tim Lovejoy; investigating the roles of mums and dads in 2013, asking whether current legislation in this area is up-to-date with the way in...
In April 2012 a monitoring system was introduced for care proceedings. Every care case issued thereafter would be expected to complete within 26 weeks from date of issue, with cases only being permitted to run over this time limit should there be exceptional circumstances amounting to a...
It has been widely reported that there has been an unprecedented rise in the number of care applications in England and Wales. For the first time the annual figure for the number of care applications made has risen to over 10,000 to the year ending March 2012. The reasons for the increase are...