This Practice Note explains the main fitness to practise hearing before the Health and Care Professions Tribunal (HCPT). It deals with preparation for...
The purpose of this Practice Note is to provide a general understanding of the offences under section 1, 2 and 6 of the Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010). It...
This Practice Note examines agreements entered into under sections 38 and 278 of the Highways Act 1980, considering the obligations they impose and,...
The introduction of trial by a single justice was a response to a belief, on the part of the government, that the use of two or three justices to deal...
When is a contract a void contract?A void contract is one that is wholly lacking in legal effect. A contract will be void where:•the parties contract...
This Practice Note considers what damages may be available as remedy for claims in tort, including negligence claims.For general guidance on damages,...
There can be only one lease at a time giving a right to possession and occupation of property. Consequently, if a landlord subsequently grants a lease...
A civil recovery order (CRO) is an order available to recover the proceeds of crime through action in the High Court, rather than the criminal court,...
Background to semiconductorsA semiconductor is essentially any material which has electrical conductivity and can thus either conduct, or conversely,...
Parental responsibility is defined as all the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which by law a parent of a child has in relation...
This tracker is focused on children’s social care and is intended to be used to track key developments, legislation, guidance, parliamentary briefing...
A child is deemed to be looked after by a local authority if the child is either ‘in their care’ or is provided with accommodation by the authority in...
Claim for asylumA claim for asylum includes a claim under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) where the applicant states that...
There a number of ways in which a local authority may get involved in a private law children case. Pursuant to section 7 of the Children Act 1989 (ChA...
SEN frameworkUnder the Children and Families Act 2014 (CFA 2014) a local authority has a duty to carry out an Education, Health and Care (EHC) needs...
Section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (CYPA 2008) states that a local authority may enter into arrangements with a body corporate for...
Under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989), local authorities have the power to make child arrangements order allowances:15Local authority...
Children’s services recordsWe have set out below how the various types of records related to service users of local authority children’s services must...
This Q&A refers to the continuing duties a local authority has to former relevant children, as set out in by sections 23A–24B of the Children Act 1989...
The court can make a supervision order to a local authority (LA) if it considers that the criteria under section 31(2) of the Children Act 1989 (ChA...
Unfortunately we do not have guidance which addresses your precise query. However, we hope the following is useful to your research.Parents may wish...
For the purposes of this Q&A, it is assumed that the child became a ward of court before the age of 16, the child was under no other order when they...
A right of residence as the primary carer of a British citizen child under Gerardo Ruiz Zambrano v Office national de l'emploi is not conferred by the...
Every case involving these issues will be dependent on the specific facts of the matter. Schools will need to take advice each time, from their local...
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