Our team of legal experts provide updates on cases relevant to social care, with explanations of what each case means for people working in the sector.
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Ed Mitchell looks at the latest case law concerning human rights and children, following recent...
Posted: 06 August 2008 | Full ArticleEd Mitchell looks at compensation claims over the past year
Posted: 24 July 2008 | Full ArticleThe Court of Appeal has reminded professionals that two orders that precede adoption need not be made simultaneously.
Posted: 12 June 2008 | Full ArticleThe High Court gave a council the right to remove a vulnerable adult from her carers but such litigation is costly, writes Ed Mitchell
Posted: 28 May 2008 | Full ArticleEd Mitchell explains how the proposed Health and Social Care Bill involves a lot more than merely organisational changes
Posted: 24 April 2008 | Full ArticleThe government is to extend the Human Rights Act 1998 to cover people that councils have placed in privately-run care homes. What are the risks care home owners now face
Posted: 11 April 2008 | Full ArticleEd Mitchell looks at the implications of a case of a homeless 17-year-old whose application for leaving care services was turned down
Posted: 09 April 2008 | Full ArticleDraft legislation aims to allow third parties to receive direct payments to purchase services for those unable to give consent, says Ed Mitchell
Posted: 26 March 2008 | Full ArticleThe case of a woman who wanted to adopt her foster daughter has clarified the placement-adoption...
Posted: 27 February 2008 | Full ArticleVictoria Butler-Cole on why a local authority must allow a couple to have unsupervised contact despite their mental health issues
Posted: 14 February 2008 | Full ArticleThe law and common sense were brought into step by the widely reported decision of the Law Lords in the ‘lottery rapist’ case (A v Hoare). But it has wider implications beyond the unusual facts of Hoare and his victim.
Posted: 01 February 2008 | Full ArticleEd Mitchell considers the circumstances in which councils, rather than insurers, have to pick up the tab for accident victims' long-term care
Posted: 21 November 2007 | Full ArticleRemoving a child from their parents to prevent harmful indoctrination was at the heart of a recent European human rights case. Ed Mitchell reports
Posted: 01 November 2007 | Full ArticleWHAT IS THE PUBLIC LAW OUTLINE? The Public Law Outline will replace the existing Protocol for Judicial Case Management in Public Law Children Act Cases. Like the protocol, the outline will control the conduct of care proceedings. WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE OLD PROTOCOL? The recent review of care proceedings concluded that they take too long. On average, in care centres, it takes 51 weeks from application to care order. WHAT ARE THE PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS? We cannot yet say for certain. Pilot schemes are under way and evaluation of those will determine the final outline. However, a flavour of the likely impact is provided by the pilot arrangements. A key objective is to reduce delay. Accordingly, we can expect a requirement for better preparation of care order applications and even stricter case ma
Posted: 31 October 2007 | Full ArticleEd Mitchell on a case that confirmed local authorities' power to intervene in order to protect vulnerable adults
Posted: 24 October 2007 | Full ArticleEd Mitchell considers the "leaving care gap" that unaccompanied asylum-seeking children may find themselves falling into
Posted: 12 July 2007 | Full ArticleInvolving family members is essential in a care crisis, but this was something that Oxfordshire Council overlooked, writes Ed Mitchell
Posted: 21 June 2007 | Full ArticleDiscrimination law is close to becoming an incomprehensible morass of legislation for anyone other than specialist lawyers. This is worrying, but is also why this handbook is so valuable, writes Ed Mitchell.
Posted: 07 June 2007 | Full ArticleA claim for negligence against a local authority puts the spotlight on "duty of care". But it can depend on who is making the claim. Ed Mitchell reports
Posted: 07 June 2007 | Full ArticleWhat are the new rights for working carers?
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