Child law

The head of the independent safeguarding authority is to clarify proposals announced last week for a vetting system for those working with children.

Louise Spitz ponders the role of family law in winning voters’ hearts & minds

Cafcass is in trouble. There has been a dramatic increase in public law child work post Baby P and private law business is getting less of a look in

Charlotte Jeffery reports on the important role of CAFCASS officers in final judgments

Mark Jarman assesses the impact of the Hague Convention & BIIR on public law proceedings

Robert Weir on how common sense prevailed after a playground incident

Part 3: Do child support committal applications breach human rights? David Burrows reports

Practice Direction (Residence and Contact Orders: Domestic Violence and Harm) [2009] All ER (D) 122

Re B (children)(placement order: expert reports) [2008] EWCA Civ 835, [2008] All ER (D) 228 (Jul)

Finola Moss asks whether the Adoption Act 2002 is a step too far