The DfE has revised its Children Act 1989 guidance for local authorities with respect to planning for care leavers. The guidance applies to all directors, managers, frontline staff and partner agencies. The intention of the guidance is to ensure insofar as is possible that care-leavers are...
Read MoreThe Department for Education has issued additional, updated statutory guidance to local authorities with respect to carrying out various functions under the Children Act 1989. The documents supplement the 2010 guidance "Children Act 1989: care planning, placement and case review" and are entitled: Looked after children and...
Read MoreThe Department for Education launched on 31st July 2014 a public consultation in order to garner views on its proposed statement of "Knowledge and skills for child and family social work". The draft statement is intended to concisely set out the knowledge and skill base required...
Read MoreThe DfE has today published revised statutory guidance to local authorities entitled "Promoting the education of looked after children". The guidance replaces the previous guidance issued in 2010 and is mandatory in application, unless there are exceptional circumstances which justify departing from it. The guidance applies...
Read MoreFrom 31st July 2014 FPR PD 27A para.5.1 comes into force. This requires that all court bundles in family proceedings must be limited to 350 pages of A4 paper in one ring binder. Exception to this rule will only be made when the court has...
Read MoreIn previous newsletters I have highlighted the comments made by the President in Re W (A Child) Re H (Children) [2013] EWCA Civ 1177 concerning the importance of complying with court orders. He said (para 53), ‘Let me spell it out. An order that something is...
Read MoreAll of the contact centres in our area are supported contact centres and not supervised contact centres. Supported contact centres are staffed by volunteers. For many families these centres are a valuable resource, enabling children to meet with a parent in an environment that is...
Read MoreLLFJB.com was today featured on BBC Radio Leicester. Jonathan Lampon interviewed the chair of the LLFJB Neville Hall about the valuable role our site has to play in assisting those people who have cases in the Family Court, particularly those who are unable to obtain...
Read MoreFour new guidance documents have been issued today by the UK Visas and Immigration Service and the Immigration Enforcement Service to apply to all officers when dealing with enforcement and immigration issues involving families and children. The guidance documents can be downloaded here at Familylaw.co.uk....
Read MoreThe Department of Education has today published National Minimum Standards for Adoption Services. Together with the adoption regulations, the Standards form the basis of the regulatory framework under the Care Standards Act 2000 for the conduct of adoption agencies and adoption support agencies. The new Standards can...
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