A quick plug for Kent’s Child Care Conference – they’ve been running one of the best Community Care Conferences around for a number of years now, and they are doing one on Children Act this year. It is open to lawyers, social workers and Guardians. It has a really great line up – Isabelle Trowler, Tina Cook QC, Lorna Meyer QC, Mrs Justice Theis and the excellent and inspiring Lucy Reed from Pink Tape. The Riaz and beyond talk is particularly tempting, given just how much of a profile CSE now has and just how hard a problem it can be to solve. And the “No Recourse to public funds” session in the afternoon is becoming even more important with the likely shift in Government policy about Syria and the numbers of people who will be coming into the UK.
I think that you can email Lauren.McCann@kent.gov.uk about tickets if you are interested. {Don’t email me, I have no tickets!}
Child Care Conference
Sessions House, County Hall, Maidstone
Monday 12th October 2015
5.25 hours CPD
| 09:15 – 09:45 | Registration |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | Welcome from Ben Watts, Head of Law – Litigation and Social Welfare |
| 10:00 – 10:45 | Transparency – Clear as Mud?
Lucy Reed, St John’s Chambers and author of Pink Tape Family Law blog |
| 10:45 – 11:30 | Riaz and Beyond
Lorna Meyer QC and Stefano Nuvoloni, No5 Chambers |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Coffee Break |
| 11:45 – 12:30 | The Future of Children’s Social Work
Isabelle Trowler, Chief Social Worker |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | A View from the Bench
HHJ Scarratt
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| 13:00 – 13:45 | Lunch |
| 13:45 – 14:45 | Break Out Sessions |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Coffee Break |
| 15:00 – 15:45 | The Dark Corners of Non-Accidental Injury
Tina Cook QC, 42 Bedford Row
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| 15:45 – 16:30 | International Issues in Care Proceedings
Mrs Justice Theis
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| 16:30 – 16:45 | Questions and Close |
Child Care Conference
12th October 2015
Break Out Sessions
- Special Guardianship and Adoption post BS
Discussions led by Donna Frost, Solicitor, considering the impact since Re BS.
- Assessments in International Cases
Discussions led by Catherine Bowcock, Senior Solicitor, considering this tricky area of law.
- Threshold in Public Law Cases
Discussions led by Sally Barter, Senior Solicitor
- No Recourse to Public Funds
Discussions led by Erica Ffrench, Solicitor, covering key issues and problems in this difficult area.
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I would go, but sitting and listening to their crap would just make me angry!
KCC have years of the ico continuously watching them because they are dodgy as F***! They lie and twist and adoption is their first port of call, the way they treat children and parents is worse than a disgrace … and yes I have evidence of their dodgy dealings, so no one can sue you or me, I speak the truth, shame they can’t do the same
Agree totally.