COURT AND LEGAL SKILLS
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
Safeguarding Adults, Alison Brammer
Court and Legal Skills, Penny Cooper
Child Protection, Kim Holt
Capacity and Autonomy, Robert Johns
Making Good Decisions, Michael Preston-Shoot
Children in Need of Support, Joanne Westwood
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Mental Health, Christine Hutchison and Neil Hickman
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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COURT AND LEGAL SKILLS
PENNY COOPER
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TABLE OF CASES
A Local Authority v DG and Others [2014] EWHC 63 (Fam)
A v Independent News & Media Ltd and Others [2010] EWCA Civ 343
Clarke v Edinburgh and District Tramways Co Ltd 1919 SC (HL) 35,
C v A Local Authority [2011] EWHC 1539 (Admin)
C v Sevenoaks Youth Court [2009] EWHC 3088 (Admin)
General Medical Council v Meadow [2006] EWCA Civ 1390
IM v LM and Another [2014] EWCA Civ 37
In the matter of A (A Child) [2012] UKSC 60
Kirsty X v Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council [2013] EW Misc 7 (CC)
London Borough of Brent v N and Others [2005] EWHC 1676 (Fam)
London Borough of Islington v Al Alas and Wray [2012] EWHC 865 (Fam)
London Borough of Redbridge v G and Others [2014] EWHC 485 (COP)
R on the Application of AS v Great Yarmouth Youth Court [2011] EWHC 2059 (Admin)
R v B [2010] EWCA Crim 4
R v Clark [2003] EWCA Crim 1020
R v Cannings [2004] EWCA Crim 1
R v D (R) [2013] Judgment of HHJ Peter Murphy in relation to wearing of niqaab by defendants during proceedings in crown court (unreported 16 September 2013)
R v F [2013] EWCA Crim 424
R v IA and Others [2013] EWCA Crim 1308
R v Momodou and Limani [2005] EWCA Crim 177
R v Watts [2010] EWCA Crim 1824
Re A (A Child) (Vulnerable Witness: Fact Finding) [2013] EWHC 2124 (Fam)
Re B-S (Children) [2013] EWCA Civ 1146
Re C (A Child) (Guidance on Proceedings Involving Profoundly Deaf Parent) [2014] All ER (D) 128 (Jan), [2014] EWCA Civ 12
Re E (A Child) [2013] EWHC 2400 (Fam)
Re E and Others (Minors) (Care Proceedings: Social Work Practice) [2000] 2 FLR 254 FD
Re H-L (A Child) [2013] EWCA Civ 655
Re IA (a Child) (Fact-finding; Welfare; Single Hearing; Experts Reports) [2013] EWHC 2499
Re M (Oral Evidence: Vulnerable Witness) [2012] EWCA 1905
Re ML (Use of Skype Technology) [2013] EWHC 2091 (Fam)
Re NL (A Child) (Appeal: Interim Care Order: Facts and Reasons) [2014] EWHC 270 (Fam)
Re S (Practice: Muslim Women Giving Evidence) [2007] 2 FLR 461
Re W (Children) [2010] UKSC 12
Re X (Emergency Protection Orders) [2006] EWHC 510 (Fam) 4344,
Re Z (A Child: Independent Social Work Assessment) [2014] EWHC 729 (Fam)
Simmons v British Steel plc (Scotland) [2004] UKHL 20
Ultraframe (UK) Ltd v Fielding and Others [2005] EWHC 1638 (Ch)
TABLE OF LEGISLATION
Adoption and Children Act 2002
Care Act 2014
Children Act 1989
Children Act 2004
Children and Families Act 2014
Coroners and Justice Act 2009
Crime and Courts Act 2013
Criminal Justice Act 1991
Data Protection Act 1998
Equality Act 2010
European Convention on Human Rights
European Convention on the Victims of Crime
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Human Rights Act 1998
Mental Capacity Act 2005
Mental Health Act 1913
Mental Health Act 1983
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
Police and Justice Act 2006
Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
There are many people who have been a source of inspiration in my work and helped with this book. I would like to acknowledge them for their professional efforts in their respective fields and for their support of mine. In particular I am grateful to Amy Croft, Gill Darvill, Chantelle Delacroix, Helen Caunce, Joanne Haswell, Angela Henriques, Fleur Heyworth, Reg Hooke, Dorothy Kwagala-Igaga, Mick King, Jane Lyndsay, Ruth Marchant, Beth Phillips, Sharon Richardson, Sue Thurman, Bridget Towning, Brendan OMahony, Kevin Smith, Susan Watson, Jaqueline Wheatcroft, David Wurtzel and Rosemary Wyatt. Thanks above all go to my heroes, Bob, Chris and Bobby.
