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Hundreds ‘sue local authorities over child abuse’

Young girl sits on staircase with arms across her face

Compensation for claiming social workers were negligent could be as low as £5,000, say lawyers

Osteogenesis Imperfecta

Synonyms: brittle bone syndrome, Adair-Dighton syndrome, Van der Hoeve’s syndrome, Ekman-Lobstein syndrome

This is an inherited condition causing increased fragility of bone. It principally affects those tissues containing the main fibrilla collagen type I, e.g. bone and teeth. It also affects sclerae, joints, tendons, heart valves and…

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BRITTLE BONE DISEASE PDF

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Building bones and better lives

Luke Hall, Dorothy Hall, Rachel Harrison, Prof Nick Bishop

Luke Hall, Dorothy Hall, research nurse Rachel Harrison, and Professor Nick Bishop

A new trial investigating treatment of brittle bone disease in children has found that a drug used to treat osteoporosis in adults can reduce the number of fractures suffered by affected children. Jane Tadman talks to the doctor who ran the study, and to one of the youngsters who took…

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The Family Court Practice 2011

The Family Court Practice 2011

Fully updated to include the new Family Procedure Rules

The Family Court Practice 2011 contains all the essential materials and commentary you need to…

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SHARED PARENTING EVENT THAT RECENTLY TOOK PLACE IN PARLIAMENT

http://familylaw.allpartyparliamentarygroup.org.uk/index.php?event=shared_parenting&pg=index

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FAMILY JUSTICE REVIEW PANEL

Review Panel

Panel member biographies.

David Norgrove

Chair of the Pensions Regulator and the Low Pay Commission and has knowledge of reform and change management in both the public and private sectors. As panel chair he will operate independently and objectively with no preconceptions about the way in which the family justice system currently…

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All Party Parliamentary Group on Family Law

All Party Parliamentary Group on Family Law
and The Court of Protection.

Transparency: Privacy and the Public Interest

http://familylaw.allpartyparliamentarygroup.org.uk/index.php?event=transparency&pg=index

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MY CASE

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Couple forced to give up children criticise system

By Marie-Louise Connolly BBC Northern Ireland health correspondent

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Health correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly interviews the couple who were forced to give up their children

A married couple with…

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Struggle to get children put in temporary care returned

By Marie-Louise Connolly BBC Northern Ireland health correspondent

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Practice guidance on assessing the support needs of adoptive families

http://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/DFES-003...

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LEARNING LESSONS FROM SERIOUS CASE REVIEWS

Date: 28 Oct 2010

HMI: 100087

Publisher: Ofsted

Summary

This report provides an analysis of the evaluations of 147 serious case reviews that Ofsted completed between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010.

Download the full publication and available documents

Available Downloads…

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND FOSTERING SERVICES ENGLAND REGULATIONS 2011

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S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S

2011 No. 581

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND

The Fostering Services (England) Regulations…

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FOSTERING STANDARDS PDF

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE GETTING AN INJUNCTION

Getting an injunction

You can listen to this part of the Survivor's Handbook (mp3)

You could try to gain some protection from your abuser by applying for a civil injunction or protection order. An injunction is a court order that requires someone to do or not to do something. There are two main types of injunctions available under Part IV of the Family Law Act…

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