Do intermediaries in care proceedings have any value? Or are they just another cog in an overwhelmed machine?

Learn about life as a Graduate Solicitor Apprentice in a care team.

The Court of Appeal decision in the case of Re: JW (Child at Home under a Care Order) [2023] EWCA Civ 944, made clear it was wrong to make a care order for a child living at home.

The tragic death of Bronson Battersby made for very sad reading. It’s a matter of public knowledge that Bronson was known to social care and was classed as a vulnerable child.

Switalskis has boosted its child care team with two appointments and two promotions from within the team.

Childcare proceedings are a difficult and tumultuous time for everyone involved, including the children themselves. It is with this in mind that we celebrate foster care fortnight.

Switalskis has strengthened its Child Care Law department with the appointment of ex-local authority solicitor advocate, Alex Henderson.

Care lawyers at Switalskis are backing a proposed plan to change the law to better recognise the ways in which perpetrators of domestic abuse coerce and control their partners.