Last year nearly 1500 children in England were being detained in a ‘secure setting’. Around £300m a year is spent on these children. In addition just over 200 children had been made subject to Deprivation of Liberty Orders (DoLs), for their own safety or the safety of others. The alarming facts about the figures in […]
Although relatively rare, both the criminal and civil law recognise the phenomena of parent abuse, or ‘child to parent abuse’ (CPA), as it has become known. It takes many forms ranging from emotional abuse and emotional manipulation, to physical abuse; from financial exploitation, to serious physical assaults and destruction of property. In extreme cases, it […]
One consequence of restricted Legal Aid is that the Family Court is now awash with Litigants in Person (LiP’s) who clog up the system with cases that would not have seen the light of day had a qualified lawyer been involved. The keyword, of course, is ‘qualified’, as the advent of restricted Legal Aid has […]
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