Legal

All our recent legal stories are below. But if you need more, Community Care Inform Children and Community Care Inform Adults provide digested versions of all the major statutes that govern the work of social workers and other professionals working to support children and young people, and adults, respectively. For more information email the Community Care Inform helpdesk

Adults, Legal

How the Court of Protection is a force for good in social care

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Adults, Children, Legal, Mental Health, Workforce

Abolition of social care duties ‘would be illegal’

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Adults, Children, Legal, Mental Health, Workforce

MPs furious over Pickles’ social care duties consultation

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Adults, Legal, Mental Health

Dementia patients receive unlawful hospital care

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Adults, Mental Health, Children, Legal, Workforce

High Court forces council to support teenager with autism

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Adults, Legal, Mental Health, Workforce

Council faces legal challenge over adult social care cuts

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Legal, Workforce

We need to prosecute those who brand children witches

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Children, Legal, Workforce

Avoiding cultural and racial traps in child protection

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Children, Legal

Are you ready for the Children and Young Persons Act 2008?

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Children, Legal, Workforce

How to use the law to fight social care spending cuts

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Legal, Workforce

Social workers need protection from civil negligence claims

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Children, Legal

Attorney general to consider guardians for trafficked children

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Children, Legal

Cafcass chief tells staff to improve complaints handling

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Workforce, Legal

Social workers face huge legal bills under appeals system

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Adults, Legal

Ed Mitchell on legal judgements affecting disabled people

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Adults, Children, Legal

Councils in breach of homeless youth ruling, survey reveals

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