Reforming Care Proceedings in England and Wales: Speeding Up Justice and Welfare?

Judith Masson

doi:10.1163/9789004304925_013

Reforming Care Proceedings in England and Wales: Speeding Up Justice and Welfare?

Judith Masson

University of Bristol Law School

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This chapter examines care proceedings, the legal process to authorize compulsory, child protection, intervention. Following repeated failed attempts, care proceedings have been radically reformed in order to curtail the legal process, achieve timely decisions for children and cut costs. From the outside, little may appear to have changed: the process remains court-based, adversarial and with free legal representation for parents and children. However legislation, implemented following recommendations of the Family Justice Review , has required all the professionals involved to change their approach and this has been compounded by new case law and greater emphasis on publicising the work of the Family Court.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Family Law in Britain and America in the New Century
Subtitle of host publication	Essays in Honor of Sanford N. Katz
Editors	John Eekelaar
Place of Publication	Netherlands
Publisher	Brill Academic Publishers
Pages	187-206
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	9789004304925
ISBN (Print)	9789004304918
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004304925_013
Publication status	Published - 15 Sept 2016

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care proceedings
family court
legal reform

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How is the PLO working? What is its impact on court process and outcome? The outcomes of care proceedings for children before and after care proceedings reform study interim report
Masson, J., Dickens, J., Bader, K., Garside, L. & Young, J., 17 Feb 2017, In: Family Law Week. 9 p., ed176043.
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Third (or fourth) time lucky for care proceedings reform?
Masson, J., 31 Jan 2015, In: Child and Family Law Quarterly. 27, 1, p. 3-23 20 p.
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The quality of care proceedings reform
Masson, J., 25 Mar 2014, In: Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. 36, 1, p. 82-84 3 p.
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Families on the edge of care proceedings: the operation and impact of pre-proceedings processes in children's social care
Masson, J. M. (Principal Investigator), Dickens, J. (Researcher), Bader , K. (Researcher) & Young, J. (Researcher)
1/04/10 → 1/07/12
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Reforming Care Proceedings in England and Wales: Speeding Up Justice and Welfare?

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How is the PLO working? What is its impact on court process and outcome? The outcomes of care proceedings for children before and after care proceedings reform study interim report

Third (or fourth) time lucky for care proceedings reform?

The quality of care proceedings reform

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Families on the edge of care proceedings: the operation and impact of pre-proceedings processes in children's social care

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