Forms and Templates for External Practitioners
There is a requirement for all practitioners employed by Cafcass to use the forms and templates provided. To access them, please click on the links below.
If you wish to view templates with embedded guidance on how best to use them or you are unsure of what template to use in a case then please discuss with your Cafcass manager.
You should also refer to the relevant policies, according to case type, before using a…
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March 2011 sees the most ever care applications for a single month
Care application demand for 2010-11 was 3.5% higher than the previous year
March 2011 saw the highest ever number of care applications recorded in an individual month, with 882 applications.
To see the care statistics graph, produced by Cafcass, click…
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Certificate referred to in article 39 of council regulation-concerning judgements on parental responsibility…
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Nigel Priestley
Nigel Priestley is the Senior Partner of Ridley and Hall. He is a member of the Children’s Panel and regularly represents children and parents in Care Proceedings.
Nigel won the Law Society Highly Commended Solicitor of the Year in 2008.
Nigel was shortlisted in the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Award 2008.
Nigel was named as the Winner of Solicitor of the Year (private practice) in the national Law Society Excellance…
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James Cook
James qualified as a solicitor in 2005 and joined Ridley and Hall in February 2006 having gained significant pre and post qualification experience in family and immigration law at a firm in South Yorkshire. James was promoted to non member partner on 1st October 2009.
James undertakes a diverse range of family cases from Contact, Residence, Specific Issue Applications and Special Guardianship to representing parents and relatives in public child…
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More fathers jailed over child support
Prison terms increasingly given for maintenance debts, but critics say policy is counterproductive
Growing numbers of fathers are being sent to prison for missed child maintenance payments, prompting complaints that the sentences are disproportionate and undermine any chance of dads supporting their children.
At least 50 parents are expected to serve sentences for non-payment of monies owed to the Child…
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Hi supporters of family justice.
If you are already my facebook friend I will have already sent you the event by facebook, otherwise you are more than welcome to join the group and attend the event:
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http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasset/dh_4117931.pdf
Fairer Charging Policies for Home Care and other
non-residential Social Services
Guidance for Councils with Social Services
Responsibilities
September
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I’m pregnant’: Teenage ‘rape victim’ forced to stand before congregation and confess HER ‘sin’ while ‘attacker’ watched
Tina Anderson was only 15-years-old when she was forced to stand in front of her entire church to confess her ‘sin’ – that she had become pregnant.
What she was not allowed to tell the congregation was that the pregnancy was allegedly the result of being raped by a church deacon, who was sat in the church.
She claimed the pastor of her New…
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Great Ormond Street surgeon is suspended over allegations of child abuse
- Professor denies any impropriety or misconduct
- Allegations involved children in Kenya
Prof Bonhoeffer was due to appear before a fitness to practise panel at the GMC but the case was suspended after his lawyers applied for a judicial review
A surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital is being investigated over claims of child abuse.
The allegations against…
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http://www.familylaw.co.uk/system/uploads/attachments/0002/1105/C47C.pdf
Termination of the appointment of a children’s guardian
Family Procedure Rules 2010 Rule 16.19
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http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed82178
Use of Hair Testing in Family Cases defended at international SoHT meeting
Added by Alison J Stevens on April 8, 2011 at 20:52 —
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