Rebecca Davies

Barrister, Field Court Chambers

Rebecca works across all areas of family law, including child abduction, relocation, matrimonial finance, and public and private children law.

Before coming to the bar, Rebecca worked on death-row cases as an intern for the Gulf Region Advocacy Centre in Houston, Texas. She has worked in different jurisdictions, including as an intern in Vietnam, and a judicial marshall in Hong Kong.

Rebecca enjoys travelling and watching all forms of sport, and loves to combine the two!

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Local authority duties for advice and assistance for certain children and young persons

Practice Notes

This Practice Note has been produced to assist practitioners in navigating local authority duties to children and young people who may be entitled to advice and assistance in England only. This will include children who are subject to care orders or who are or have been voluntarily accommodated by the local authority and in terms of educational prospects, any young person who has been in state care either in the jurisdiction or elsewhere.

Local Government

Local authority duties towards children looked after by them

Practice Notes

This Practice Note looks at the duties a local authority has in relation to children looked after by them, which includes children who are subject to care orders, interim care orders and those who are voluntarily accommodated by the local authority pursuant to section 20 of the Children Act 1989. It covers a local authority’s duty to safeguard and promote a child’s welfare and make such services available for children as are reasonable, specifically in relation to placing the child in suitable accommodation and preparing a care plan.

Local Government