Public Children Law : Contemporary Issues.

Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Table of Statutes -- Table of Statutory Instruments -- Table of European Legislation -- Table of Cases -- Chapter 1 Section 20 of the Children Act 1989 -- Introduction -- History of the Children Act 1989, s 20 and current pressures -- Accommodation under s 20 -- Current law in relation to s 20 -- A draft s 20 agreement -- Claims for declaration and damages -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Threshold: Children Act 1989, sections 31 and 38 -- Introduction -- Basic principles of the CA 1989, ss 31 and 38 -- Tricky issues -- Use of split hearings -- Pleading threshold: a guide -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 International public law orders -- Introduction -- Introductory procedural tips -- Care orders: jurisdiction -- Care orders: welfare -- Placement and adoption orders: jurisdiction and welfare -- Placing children abroad: adoption and special guardianship orders, BIIa, Art 56 and placements under the Hague Convention 1996 -- Relinquished babies -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Children's evidence: 'achieving best evidence' and court evidence -- Introduction -- Achieving best evidence: the process -- Children giving evidence in family proceedings: guidance and tips -- Children giving evidence in family proceedings: advocacy -- Children meeting judges -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Guidelines in relation to children giving evidence in family proceedings (24 June 2011) -- Appendix 2: Guidelines for Judges Meeting Children who are subject to Family Proceedings (April 2010) -- Chapter 5 Forced marriage, honour-based violence and female genital mutilation -- Introduction -- Forced marriage -- Honour-based violence -- Female genital mutilation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Child trafficking -- Introduction -- Definition of trafficking -- Relevant statutes -- Local authority obligations to trafficked children: general.

Local authority obligations to trafficked children: public law proceedings -- Common issues in respect of trafficked children in public law proceedings -- Jurisdiction -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Radicalisation -- Introduction -- Definition of radicalisation -- President's Guidance -- Common issues in respect of radicalisation in public law proceedings -- Disclosure -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Reporting restrictions -- Introduction -- Relevant statutes, regulations and guidelines -- Reporting restriction orders -- Legal principles -- Procedure - applying for an RRO -- Common issues in respect of RROs in public law proceedings -- The shift towards greater transparency -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 Depriving children of their liberty: secure accommodation orders and the inherent jurisdiction -- Introduction -- Secure accommodation orders -- Deprivation of liberty under the inherent jurisdiction -- Children and Social Work Act 2017 -- Claims under the HRA 1998: unlawful deprivation of liberty -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10 Special guardianship orders -- Introduction -- Special guardianship orders: where are we now? -- Statute, guidance and regulations -- Financial provision and support, including judicial review -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11 Post-adoption contact -- Introduction -- Academic research -- Relevant statutes -- The effect of ss 51A and 51B -- Common issues in respect of post-adoption contact -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12 Alternatives to traditional child protection proceedings -- Introduction -- FDAC -- LIFT -- Settlement conferences -- Pause programme -- Conclusion -- Index.

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