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, Mental Health, Workforce

One in 10 council adult social care budgets may be illegal

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Adults, Children, Legal

‘Uphill battle’ for councils that want to evict rioters

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Adults, Children, Legal, Mental Health

Social services must house homeless mental health clients

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Children, Legal

Social workers ‘unfairly’ targeted by Family Justice Review

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Adults, Legal, Mental Health, Workforce

Dilnot makes funding reform call as cuts ravage care system

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Children, Legal

High Court rap for Cafcass over bid to remove guardian

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Adults, Legal, Workforce

Supreme Court upholds councils’ right to cut care packages

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Children, Workforce, Legal

Baby P social workers given leave to appeal against sackings

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Adults, Legal, Mental Health

Winterbourne View families seek compensation for abuse

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Children, Legal

Social work expert witnesses seek council top-up fee

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Children, Legal, Workforce

Baby P verdict a victory for social workers

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Children, Legal, Workforce

Baby P social worker to receive damages from The Sun

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Adults, Mental Health, Legal

High Court: council wrongly deprived autistic man of liberty

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Children, Legal, Workforce

Shoesmith ‘relieved’ after judge rules she was scapegoated

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Workforce, Legal

Social work manager who stole £21,000 suspended for a year

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Children, Legal, Workforce

ADCS: Private law safeguarding changes will increase workload

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