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...
This week the Government gave an indication that they were preparing to bring in legislation to ensure that care proceedings are completed within six months. This comment follows on from the Norgrove Committee's recommendations published in November 2011. The remit of the committee had been to...
There was an interesting case in the news a couple of weeks ago which concerned a couple's rights to be allowed to foster children. The case of R (Johns and another) v Derby City Council (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) was reported amid much publicity and raises some...