Local authority duties: Up in the air

Browne Jacobson LLP | Family Law Journal | November 2022 #218
Sarah Erwin-Jones and Louise Fisher ask whether the Court of Appeal judgment on failure to remove cases may result in more claims against local authorities The Court of Appeal concluded that this was a complicated and developing area of law and the courts need to analyse all the evidence at trial before reaching a definitive …

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Local authorities: A careful balance

Browne Jacobson LLP | Family Law Journal | March 2022 #211
Sarah Erwin-Jones and Louise Fisher look at the responsibilities of local authorities to children who remain living at home with their family It is important to distinguish the duty of care which arises after a full care order, where the local authority becomes a statutory parent, from the entirely different position of a child receiving …

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