Children

Articles

16 Feb 2016

The rising demand of care applications

As the number of care cases continues to increase, Kevin Gibbs looks at the possible reasons and considers how the wider family justice system can respond

5 Feb 2016

A child's habitual residence: Where is it and when can it change?

Hetty Gleave considers recent guidance from the Supreme Court in Re: B, which offers a ray of hope for cases of parental child abduction

4 Feb 2016

The need for 'judicial continuity

District Judge Julie Exton explains the tensions between complying with the 26-week time limit and ensuring hearings in care cases are held in front of the same judge

10 Nov 2015

Law Centres Network: Asylum process pays lip service to children's best interests

The government's commitment to children's welfare is not reflected in practice according to report

13 Oct 2015

The Education and Adoption Bill 2015

The government is proposing further changes to adoption law and practice in the Education and Adoption Bill 2015, clause 13, writes Alec Samuels

18 Sept 2015

Following the letter of the law

Local authorities are complying with legislation on the inclusion of children with special educational needs in mainstream schools, but only in form, writes Chris Barnett

15 Sept 2015

Exposure to the elements

A sudden realisation that you are not immune to the trauma experienced by your clients can be debilitating. Lee Moore and Felicity Gerry QC discuss the effects of secondary traumatic stress disorder

19 Aug 2015

iRights is too powerful a tool for fickle youth

Pippa Allsop disagrees with the initiative aimed at protecting children, saying lessons of responsibility are best learnt the hard way