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NCAS Conference: Pre-court work cuts care cases, study finds

Monday, October 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Pre-proceedings case work in six councils piloting new ways of dealing with care applications cut the number of cases going to court by a quarter, analysis has shown.

Cafcass chief wary over recent fall in care applications

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

| CYP Now

The head of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has dampened hopes that a recent decrease in new care applications represents the start of a sustained fall in children needing protection.

Family court judges back independent social worker role

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Independent social workers (ISWs) speed up care proceedings and their expertise is instrumental in deciding on complex cases, according to a survey of family court judges.

Substance misuse family courts to be expanded

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Friday, July 5, 2013

| CYP Now

At least two new specialist substance misuse family courts are to be set up thanks to £150,000 of government funding.

Families and Children Bill to reform SEN and adoption systems

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

| CYP Now

The Queen has outlined the details of a new Families and Children Bill in her first speech to parliament since the coalition was formed in 2010.

Loss of legal aid spells disaster for parent-child contact, lawyers warn

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Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Family lawyers are warning that parents risk losing contact with their children because of reforms to legal aid, ahead of further scrutiny of the legislation in the House of Lords.

Manifesto sets out opposition to legal aid changes

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Monday, October 24, 2011

| CYP Now

The government has been told it must protect vulnerable women and children by amending the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.

Councils prompted to step up efforts to improve paperwork in family law cases

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

| CYP Now

Local authorities must improve their quality assurance processes if problems in the family law system are to be successfully overcome, a member of the family justice review panel has said.

Loughton vows to boost profile of reviewing officers in system reform

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Monday, October 3, 2011

| CYP Now

The government is considering how to eliminate any crossover between the roles of independent reviewing officers (IROs) and children's court guardians ahead of an overhaul of the family justice system to be unveiled this autumn.

Care applications reach record high

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Friday, September 9, 2011

| CYP Now

The number of children at risk from abuse and neglect being taken into care has reached a record high, with an extra 60 care orders made every month this year compared to last, figures from the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) have revealed.

Legal aid cuts would deny 6,000 vulnerable children, warns charity

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

| CYP Now

At least 6,000 children will be prevented from accessing legal support as a result of cuts to legal aid, The Children's Society has warned.

The Children's Legal Centre joins the Coram group

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Friday, September 2, 2011

| CYP Now

The Children's Legal Centre has become part of the Coram charity group.

Children seek right to have their own voices heard in family court

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Children believe they should be allowed to speak for themselves in family court proceedings if their views will be better represented than adults interpreting their feelings, the children's rights director has found.

Commissioner backs calls to restrict family court reporting

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Friday, July 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Calls for a government U-turn on plans to give the media wider reporting rights on family court cases have been backed by the children's commissioner for England.

Children in care oppose media access to family courts, says children's rights director

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Only half of children in care trust the court system to make the right decision about their lives, the children's rights director has found.

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NCAS Conference: Pre-court work cuts care cases, study finds

Cafcass chief wary over recent fall in care applications

Family court judges back independent social worker role

Substance misuse family courts to be expanded

Families and Children Bill to reform SEN and adoption systems

Loss of legal aid spells disaster for parent-child contact, lawyers warn

Manifesto sets out opposition to legal aid changes

Councils prompted to step up efforts to improve paperwork in family law cases

Loughton vows to boost profile of reviewing officers in system reform

Care applications reach record high

Legal aid cuts would deny 6,000 vulnerable children, warns charity

The Children's Legal Centre joins the Coram group

Children seek right to have their own voices heard in family court

Commissioner backs calls to restrict family court reporting

Children in care oppose media access to family courts, says children's rights director

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