John Coughlan, director of children’s services in Hampshire, said the quality of information going before courts must be vetted to a higher standard.
Under proposals set out by review chairman David Norgrove in an interim report in April, courts will no longer need to subject a child's full care plan to "rigorous scrutiny", removing checks on local authority decisions.
The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has previously said the move could reduce the length of cases by as much as half, but the Family Rights Group has said it fears the move could result in "greater injustices and poorer decision-making".
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