In its annual report for 2007/8 Ofsted heaped damning criticism on Cafcass. The report claimed the service's private law procedures were failing to safeguard children and in some areas were beset with delays. Inspectors also found that "an unacceptable number" of private law case plans and case files were inadequate and the organisation was poor at self-criticism, with observations largely "positive in tone" and lacking an emphasis on improvement. Cafcass chief executive Anthony Douglas said the...