Dorothea Gartland together with Maria Wright, write for the Family Law Journal (Aug 2021)
In the August edition of the Family Law Journal, Dorothea Gartland and Maria Wright the senior legal adviser at Children and Families Across Borders, provide a guide to inter-country placements of children and the assessment of long term carers.
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Congratulations to Barbara Mills QC.
Many congratulations to Barbara Mills QC from her family at 4PB for her appointment as Governing Bencher for the Inner Temple.
Pupil Barrister, Frankie Shama in the Court of Appeal
Frankie Shama, represented Northumberland County Council in Re B (Children). The appeal concerns the circumstances in which fathers without parental responsibility and Article 8 rights in respect of a child are entitled to receive notice of care proceedings.
Jo Porter writes for Local Government Lawyer
In writing for the Local Government Lawyer, Jo Porter examines maximising support for families in the straining children social care sector, in need for urgent reform, to support families and avoid crisis.
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Jo Porter writes for Local Government News
The independent review of children’s social care, ‘The case for change’, revealed the system is in urgent need of reform, identifying several issues, thus inviting further feedback for the next phase of the review. Jo Porter examines the tension between the rigid statutory framework around child protection and the frontline child protection work done with families.
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Case providing guidance on the operation of the 1996 Convention, further to UK’s exit from the EU.
In Re D (Care Proceedings: 1996 Hague Convention: Article 9 Request) [2021] EWHC 1970 (Fam), Henry Setright QC and Chris Barnes acted for the local authority in proceedings before Mrs Justice Knowles concerning an application under the 1996 Hague Convention in respect of a child in Switzerland.