CHILDREN IN NEED OF SUPPORT
FOCUS ON SOCIAL WORK LAW
Series Editor: Alison Brammer
Palgrave Macmillans Focus on Social Work Law series consists of compact, accessible guides to the principles, structures and processes of particular areas of the law as they apply to social work practice. Designed to develop students understanding as well as refresh practitioners knowledge, each book provides focused, digestible and navigable content in an easily portable form.
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Looked After Children, Caroline Ball
Child Protection, Kim Holt
Capacity and Autonomy, Robert Johns
Making Good Decisions, Michael Preston-Shoot
Children in Need of Support, Joanne Westwood
Safeguarding Adults, Alison Brammer
Forthcoming titles
Court and Legal Skills, Penny Cooper
Adoption and Permanency, Philip Musson
Youth Justice, Jo Staines
Author of the bestselling textbook Social Work Law, Alison Brammer is a qualified solicitor with specialist experience working in Social Services, including child protection, adoption, mental health and community care. Alison coordinates the MA in Child Care Law and Practice and the MA in Adult Safeguarding at Keele University.
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CHILDREN IN NEED
OF SUPPORT
JOANNE WESTWOOD
Joanne Westwood 2014
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CONTENTS
TABLE OF CASES
A v London Borough of Croydon and Secretary of State for the Home Department (Interested Party); and WK v Secretary of State for Home Department and Kent County Council [2009] EWHC 939 (Admin) 74
Anufrijeva v London Borough of Southwark [2003] EWCA Civ 1406 56
B (A Local Authority) v AM [2010] EWHC 3802 (Fam) (Admin) 94
R v London Borough of Barnet (Respondents) ex parte G (FC) (Appellant) [2003] UKHL 57 25
R v London Borough of Lambeth (Respondents) ex parte W (FC) (Appellant) [2003] UKHL 57 28
R v Williams (Christopher) [2012] EWCA Crim 1447 134
R (AS) v London Borough of Croydon [2011] EWHC 2091 (Admin) 74
R (Behre and Others) v Hillingdon Borough Council [2003] EWHC 2075 80
R (BG) v Medway District Council [2005] EWHC 1932 103
R (Birara) v London Borough of Hounslow [2010] EWHC 2133 116
R (G) v Nottingham City Council and Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust [2008] EWHC 400 (Admin) 114, 117
R (J) v Caerphilly County Borough Council [2005] EWHC 586 115
R (LH and MH) v London Borough of Lambeth [2006] EWHC 1190 (Admin) 101, 115
R (MXL and Others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWHC 2397 (Admin) 55
R (O) v London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and SSHD (The Childrens Society Intervention) EWCA Civ 1101 82
R v London Borough of Lambeth (Respondents) ex parte W (FC) (Appellant) [2003] UKHL 57 95
R (on the Application of A) v London Borough of Lambeth [2010] EWHC 1652 115
R (on the Application of B) v Merton London Borough Council [2003] EWHC 1689 (Admin) 74
R (on the Application of G) v Southwark London Borough Council [2009] All ER (D) 178 (May) 26, 49
R (on the Application of J) v Worcestershire County Council [2013] EWHC 3845 24
R (on the Application of OO) v London Borough Of Hackney [2013] EWHC 4089 (Admin) 23
R (on the Application of SJ and Another) v Surrey County Council [2014] EWHC 449 (Admin) 35
R (SO) v London Borough of Barking and Dagenham [2010] EWCA Civ 1101 111
R (Spink) v Wandsworth London Borough Council [2005] EWCA Civ 302 102
R (T and Others) v Haringey London Borough Council [2005] EWHC 2235 92
R (TS) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Another [2010] EWHC 2614 (Admin) 73
Re KH (A Child) [2012] EWHC B18 (Fam) 99
Saviny v Ukraine (2010) (App no 39948/06) 53
TABLE OF STATUTES AND REGULATIONS
Adoption and Children Act 2002 16, 37, 64, 145
Borders, Citizen and Immigration Act 2009 72, 81
Breaks for Carers of Disabled Children Regulations 2011 98, 99
Care Leavers (England) Regulations 2010 111, 112, 115
Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 98, 101
Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004 98
Carers (Recognition and Services) Act 1995 98, 101
Childcare Act 2006 20, 98
Children Act 1989 xx, 2, 35, 7, 910, 1421, 2328, 31, 3537, 39, 42, 45, 51, 5960, 6465, 70, 72, 8082, 84, 87, 9091, 9496, 101, 10304, 10811, 113, 115, 116, 118, 127, 135, 138, 141, 14547
Children Act 2004 9, 19, 35, 36, 39, 6061, 91, 101, 138
Children and Young Persons Act 2008 19, 110, 112
Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 64, 72, 110, 115, 118, 145
Children (Leaving Care) (England) Regulations 2001 114, 116
Children (Scotland) Act 1995 124
Children, Young Persons and their Families Act 1989 (New Zealand) 48
Childrens Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 126
Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 xv, 87
