Events
2013 Children Law Conference
23rd Oct 2012
A one day conference held for members of the London Borough Legal Alliance covering all aspects of child care law and in particular the recent developments in care proceedings.
Areas covered included:
- The implications of Re B-S (Children) [2013] EWCA Civ 1146 and the impact of the requirement to complete proceedings within 26 weeks.
- The instruction of experts following the decisions in Re TG (Care Proceedings: Expert Evidence) [2013] EWCA Civ 5 and Re H-L (A Child) [2013] EWCA Civ 655 whether the instruction of the expert is “necessary”.
- Adjournment of cases (extending beyond 26 weeks) for therapeutic intervention (A London Borough v A (No 1) [2012] EWHC 2203)