Child Care and Adoption Law

This invaluable guide to public child law has been fully updated to take account of all recent developments. The focus is on providing a clear, practical text with an examination of the key cases and an emphasis on fact-based examples. There are bulletpoints at the beginning of each chapter summarising its content, procedural flowcharts and checklists. The book is not simply a court work but is an essential publication for all legal practitioners and other related professionals, whether new to this important area of law, or more experienced. Reviews of previous edition "like a small briefcase-sized reference library to social workers involved in child protection and adoption ... Quite simply this book simplifies the complex ... an excellent resource book that I would recommend to newly qualified social workers, experienced social workers and managers who work within the area of children and families. It will be pound;40 from the team book budget well spent." CAFCASS "a useful and comprehensive guide, which I will dip into frequently in my day-to-day work, as a handy check list and a reminder of key aspects of the law. The chapter on challenging the local authority is particularly helpful, while the explanation of wardship and the inherent jurisdiction of the high court is the clearest I have come across" Seen and heard