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Child Care Law

Understand transparency,funding and practicees for child care law practitioners.

Introduction

The debate surrounding child care law shows no sign of abating. The historic move to open the family courts to the media has increased the political and legal discussion surrounding child care law. The Government’s newly implemented reforms with regards to media attendance in the family courts have significant implications for practitioners involved in child care cases.
The complexities surrounding non-accidental injuries and sexual abuse cases, which often involve the instruction of experts, continue to cause difficulties for child care law practitioners.

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Event details


Date:

Tuesday 22 September 2009

Location:

Radisson Edwardian Bloomsbury Street Hotel
London, WC1B 3QD

6.25 CPD
Hours

Benefits

  • Assess the impact of transparency in family courts upon practitioners and children
  • Understand the ever changing landscape of advocacy fees
  • Hear the medico-legal debate surrounding non-accidental injuries
  • Appreciate the international dimensions of child care law, including abduction and placement of children abroad
  • Debate how to collect and assess evidence in sexual abuse cases

Who Should Attend

  • Local authority solicitors involved in child care cases
  • Solicitors, barristers and legal executives working in private practice
  • Guardian ad Litem
  • Social services professionals involved in child care cases

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Association of Lawyers for Children