Virtual Legal Seminars Series Date: 08th May 2024 Venue: Virtual online via Zoom Time: 10am- 4pm Cost: see below The ethos of the Coroner’s Court process is to put the family at the heart of the process, despite this the Coroner Court process can feel very unfair and difficult at times for family… Continue reading
Do you have any legal or social care training needs, to be delivered before the end of the financial year? Or for the new financial year. Then can Kingsley Knight Training help empower, educate and enhance your social care practitioners’ legal and social care skills. We have over 25 years… Continue reading
Virtual Legal Seminars Series The President of the Family Division has expressed a need for a “radical reset,” that is, a change of culture to reduce delay and for proceedings to be issued only after all pre-proceedings steps have been explored. Understand what this means in practice by attending our first… Continue reading
Act Without Delay Recent case decisions by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (the Ombudsman) have highlighted some of the points we made in our previous legal blog, which highlighted good practice guidance on how to avoid complaints escalating to the Ombudsman. You can find our previous legal blog… Continue reading
Molly Russell and the impact of social media The inquest into the death of Molly Russell, 14 year old school concluded on 30th September 2022. The Senior Coroner sitting at North London Coroner’s court found that Molly died from an act of self harm whilst suffering from depression and the… Continue reading
Those of you who have attended our effective court report writing training you will be familiar with the need to use clear understandable language in court documents and when communicating with parents, prospective carers, or service users. This is vital as parents/carers/service users being assessed need to understand: -the evidence… Continue reading
Once an individual has exhausted the statutory complaints process within the Local Authority and is not satisfied with the outcome, the individual complainant can then apply to the LGO for a further independent investigation of their complaint. The LGO shares their decisions on their website; the reason for this is… Continue reading
You can read the related Part 1 on SGO support plans by clicking here part-1-special-guardian-order In part 1 a number of cases before the LGO highlighted the need to provide the right support and guidance to carers and children subject to Special Guardianship Orders (SGO). The LGO in it’s report,… Continue reading
This month we wanted to share some useful resources with you. Guidance on Hospital discharge and community support guidance This guidance applies in relation to adults being discharged from acute hospitals and community rehabilitation units in England, excluding maternity patients.https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hospital-discharge-and-community-support-guidance/hospital-discharge-and-community-support-guidance Forced marriage How to protect, advise and support victims of… Continue reading
A young person’s age is a key part of the information needed when assessing needs and ascertaining the appropriate provision of services. An age assessment is required when the age of a purported unaccompanied asylum seeking child (UASC) is disputed and needs to be determined. This type of assessment is… Continue reading
