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ADCS comments on launch of government’s national foster carer recruitment campaign.
Brett Dixon becomes 182nd President of the Law Society.
Children’s Commissioner publishes ‘The Childhood Lottery: The hardest places to grow up in England’.
Webinar: Launch of new guidance on Short Notice Applications in Public Law Family Cases. 4th November 2026.
Kinship say relatives are given just minutes to keep children out of care, then left without support
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Councils highlight shortage of accommodation for Domestic Abuse victims
LGA say costs of supporting children in care is rising by £1 billion a year

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Case summaries26 November 2009

L (A Child) [2009] EWCA Civ 1239

[2009] EWCA Civ 1239

Appeal by parents and guardian against directions in care proceedings requiring that swabs be taken from two children to establish paternity. Appeal allowed.

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