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Care applications hit 10,000 in one year
23-Apr-2012 (0 comments)
The number of care applications in the UK rose by more than 10% in the last financial year, taking the total number of children in care to over 10,000 for the first time. It was revealed last week that new applications to take children into care have reached a year-on-year high. Cafcass* reported 886 care applications during March 2012, taking the total number of application received between April 2011 and…
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Media access to family courts
19-Jun-2009 (0 comments)
Family disputes have always taken place away from the glare of the public in private court hearings in order to protect the confidentiality of the parties involved and, more importantly, the children. However recently there has been some criticism of the fact that that these hearings take place in private, and there has been a call to make the family justice system more open and accountable, while still protecting the…
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