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Reporting the Reporter

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , , , on December 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »

I have a current bugbear, but don’t get me wrong: I don’t want to add to the mass of negativity surrounding the dread word ‘social worker’. This post really only concerns the cases where the quality of s7 reports prepared by social workers in private proceedings falls far short of the expected standard. Most reports [...]

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CAFCASS Given Funding Boost

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , on December 7, 2009 | 8 Comments »

The Times reports on p 23 this morning that Cafcass has been given an extra £1.6m to help with the backlog in care cases.

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Radio 4 Reports on CAFCASS Crisis

Posted in stuff, tagged , on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

PM today ran a piece on the Crisis at CAFCASS, inolving comically disguised voices of Guardian’s and a teeny but undisguised snippet from yours truly. Sad that CAFCASS employee’s feel unable to identify themselves without repurcussions. It does not speak of a happy working environment. Listen here on BBC iplayer for another 7 days – it [...]

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Two TidBits – Make that Three

Posted in stuff, tagged , , on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Two unconnected pieces of info for you: Firstly, the Bar Standards Board has approved barristers forming LDPs. Big changes ahead I think. Thanks to the LAG blog for this. Secondly, PM on Radio 4 briefly covered the CAFCASS Crisis today – tomorrow they will run another slot with comment from Guardians. On Radio 4 tomorrow [...]

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CAFCASS Judicial Review

Posted in stuff, tagged , , on November 13, 2009 | 10 Comments »

Well, it had to happen sooner or later. I’m only surprised it wasn’t sooner – mutterings about this petered out some months ago on the issue of the President’s interim Guidance on managing the CAFCASS crisis. But now a firm of solicitors acting for a child involved in proceedings have secured public funding to launch [...]

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FNF & CAFCASS Draft Shared Care Docs Criticised

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , , on August 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Thanks to Family Law Week for notice of this article on Community Care regarding the role Families Need Fathers is playing in drafting CAFCASS Guidance. . It’s concerning in the first instance that the drafts should have been apparently subject to criticism from respected academics, although it’s unclear from the article what the detail of those [...]

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