Learning from case law for children's practitioners

Join an upcoming webinar that will explore how to use Case Law and Legal Summaries to support practice with children and families.

Our Case Law and Legal Summaries provide a detailed overview and analysis of selected cases, highlighting implications for children and young people's social care practice. 

Focusing on key themes from recent judgments, this webinar will consider the current issues gaining judicial attention, and what this means for practitioners working with the family courts. Attendees will explore:

• The use of experts in care proceedings.
• Deprivation of liberty of children.
• Continuing care for children.

The session will also consider recent cases that have had further developments after earlier judgments, including defining a ‘child in need’, parents talking to the press about their cases, and the use of puberty blockers. 

The webinar will be responsive to the emerging judgments which impact the sector. Recent key themes in recent judgments have included parents with learning difficulties, domestic violence and coercive control, and abuse and neglect.

Learning Outcomes

As a result of attending this session, participants will be able to:  

• Identify areas of practice where there have been significant developments brought about by judge's decisions in case law.
• Understand recent developments and where those cases may be found.
• Support understanding of the impact case law has in practice.
• Develop skills in analysing and drawing out key messages from case law and considering the application to practice and decision making.
• Reflect on and discuss key issues that are seen in the family courts