Our legal analysis and positions on the decisions that shape children’s lives.
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Research & practiceA child needs safety, a reliable investigation and help that starts now. None of those duties is fulfilled by copying an accusation from one file into another.
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Research & practiceAn interview should help a child describe an experience—not teach a child the answer. Protecting that distinction is a professional responsibility.
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Research & practiceThe damage to childhood cannot be measured only by the outcome of a criminal case. Safety, treatment, schooling and dependable care need their own timetable.
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Research & practiceChildren’s rights are not served by treating a mother’s word as inherently reliable or a father’s care as inherently less important. Decisions need evidence, not a hierarchy of parents.
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Research & practiceThe challenge is not to import another slogan. It is to make reliable interviews, independent representation and continuous care available to the child who needs them.
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Case analysisAn administrative claim asks whether the State Care Agency’s actions and omissions harmed a child. The requested damages are symbolic. The questions about public power are not.
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Case analysisA doctor recommends further examinations. A hotline is contacted. An official reply follows. The missing question is whether the child receives the care.
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Case analysisRemoving an unlawful measure from the file is one task. Re-examining the arrangements, records and family relationships it affected is another.
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Case analysisA later report can change a child’s life. It should show the new evidence, address the earlier assessment and explain how competing information was tested.
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Case analysisA court authorises an observed meeting. The worker’s first responsibility is to understand that mandate and respond to what happens to the child—not improvise a different arrangement.
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Case analysisWhen a family dispute moves onto a screen, the child needs protection from exposure as well as an opportunity to be heard. Those are different tasks.
Read the articleCase analysisA concern about interpretation and professional support is useful only if it reaches the child’s casework. We examine the gap between a warning, a reply and a remedy.
Read the articleCase analysisWhen a lawyer asks investigators to examine possible influence on a child, the immediate protection question must not disappear inside the criminal file.
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Case analysisA lawyer’s name in the file does not protect a child. Representation must include contact with the child, current information and action on needs that cannot wait for another hearing.
Read the articleCase analysisAn assessment can shape where a child lives, who they see and what support they receive. Its conclusions need to withstand scrutiny, regardless of which institution produced it.
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Case analysisA child’s identity is more than a passport. It includes the language used with family, cultural relationships and the ability to understand their own history.
Read the articleCase analysisA delayed decision can leave a child living with the very problem the proceedings are meant to resolve. Courts need to account for that time.
Read the articleCase analysisA child should not lose a school year while institutions argue over residence, responsibility or the next assessment.
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Case analysisA judgment does not protect a child merely by existing. Responsibility continues through implementation and the child’s adjustment afterwards.
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Case analysisChildren need room to explain their lives in their own words. They should not be asked to prove loyalty to an adult or provide the answer that ends a case.
Read the articleCase analysisWhere more than one country is involved, a child still needs one coherent plan for safety, education, language and family relationships.
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