Recording of webinar first broadcast on Thursday 2nd April 2020.
- The panel discuss the impact Coronavirus is having on children's law so far.Chair: Amy Starnes, Mills & ReeveSpeakers: Piers Pressdee QC, 29 Bedford RowLucy Reed, St John's ChambersClaire Molyneux, Mills & ReeveTrish Barry-Relph, Independent social workerDavid Chaplin, Bath PublishingThe supplementary notes for the session can be downloaded here.
Webcast, published: 03/04/2020
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- In the midst of the Coronavirus outbreak (‘Covid-19’), there has been little guidance as to what social workers should do when they are refused entry into the home of a child in care (or ‘looked after child’), due to the parent’s arguments that they are self-isolating or claiming that they have contracted the virus. There is a real risk that families may be using Covid-19 as an excuse to avoid contact with the Local Authority and therefore, places any children involved at risk of further abuse. News, 03/04/2020, free
- In the midst of the Coronavirus outbreak (‘Covid-19’), there has been little guidance as to whether Local Authorities have the ability to suspend contact between a child in their care and parties who have a right to contact with that child, either by parental responsibility or by a Court order. News, 03/04/2020, free
- Summary of guidance relevant to financial remedies practitioners given by MacDonald J in The Remote Access Family Court (with an Appendix summarising guidance specific to the Central Family Court given by HHJ O’Dwyer on 30 March 2020) News, 03/04/2020, free
- Recording of live webinar, first broadcast on Wednesday 1st April 2020. Webcast, 02/04/2020, free
Published: 03/04/2020
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