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DUTY TO CHILDREN

22 November 2007
Issue: 7298 / Categories: Legal News , Child law
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In brief

The government needs to provide adequate resources for child protection and family justice systems, Alistair MacDonald, co-chairman of the Association of Lawyers for Children, told the association’s annual conference last week. He said the government should honour its duty to vulnerable children, adding that proposed reforms to family legal aid and chronic under-resourcing of the family justice system constituted an “unprecedented threat” to access to justice for children and families. Referring to the death of Victoria Climbié, he said society is entitled to expect the government to “take all steps necessary to prevent its youngest and most vulnerable citizens from falling”.

Issue: 7298 / Categories: Legal News , Child law
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

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Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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