Public Children Law - Latest Practice Guidance & Statutory Provision - Webinar

Introduction

Practitioners working in the area of public children law need to understand the core principles and see how these are developing.

There continues to be key updates in this field, ranging from practice guidance, statutory provision and new case law.

This webinar will provide you with an essential update on public children law matters ranging from key decisions surrounding threshold, assessments, care orders and fact findings.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Running of care cases following the relaunch of the PLO
• Declaration of parentage - implications of Re D (Parentage: LA Application) [2024]
• Disclosure of Information between Family and Criminal Agencies and Jurisdictions: 2024 Protocol - Public Children law
• Child at home under a care order - implications of Re JW (Child at Home under Care Order)
• Inherent jurisdiction and PD12J - implications of Re R Children [2024]
• Long term s.20 placement - consideration of Re S (A Child) and Re W (A Child) (s 20 Accommodation)
• Good practice when working with parents with learning disability - consideration of Re H (Parents with Learning Difficulties)
• Consideration of realistic options - importance of the matter of H-W (Children) & H-W (Children) (No 2)
• Vaccinations, religion and use of inherent jurisdiction - implications of Re C (Looked After Child) (Covid-19 Vaccination) and Vaccination: religious objection A Local Authority v WSP and others (A Child) (Vaccination: religious objection)
• Limitations in use of cognitive functioning assessments - consideration of West Northamptonshire Council v Mother [2024]
• Consideration of fact finding and composite hearings - Re H-W (Children) (Care Proceedings: Further Fact-Finding Hearing)
• Deprivation of liberty and consent - consideration of Peterborough CC v Mother [2024]
• Use of FDAC court - consideration of London Borough v A [2024]
• The Family Reporting Pilot and Re: BR and others (Transparency Order: Finding of Fact Hearing)