The ruling comes following a judicial review, launched by children’s rights charity Article 39, in which the organisation called for around 65 removals and safeguards designed to protect children in care and on the edge of care to be scrapped.
The emergency amendments were introduced via The Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, also known as Statutory Instrument 445, in April bypassing the usual 21-day period of consultation and parliamentary scrutiny.
They include the removal and relaxation of safeguards and protections relating to issues including time frames around foster care and adoption processes, social worker visits to children in care and the standards of care and education in children’s homes.
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