Category Archives: Litigation

GDPR in the Insurance Sector – what has changed?

Posted on 01 June 2018 by

Having been looming on the horizon since 2016, GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 are now in full force and effect. Insurers, claims handlers, loss adjustors, and solicitors all handle vast quantities and categories of personal data relating to … Read more

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Disciplinary Proceedings and Psychiatric Harm

Posted on 11 October 2017 by

Case Name: Marsh v Ministry of Justice [2017] EWHC 1040 (QB) Legal point of interest: The common law duty of care towards employees to prevent exposure to any foreseeable risk of injury and/or psychiatric damage. 

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Victory For NSPCC’S ‘Flaw In The Law’ Campaign

Posted on 18 April 2017 by

Justice Secretary Liz Truss announces new law that makes sexual communication with a child a criminal offence with effect from 3 April 2017

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The Child Protection Threshold Conundrum

Posted on 19 October 2016 by

A Community Care Survey of over 1000 Social Workers has found that over 70% of Practitioners believe that the threshold for Child Protection has risen in the last 12 months. Recent research has shown that children deemed to sit just … Read more

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Foster Carers; A New Era?

Posted on 14 October 2016 by

The changes to fee structures for foster carers is causing upset. Under some schemes, fostering payments are being cut if the foster carers are not deemed to have done enough to support and develop the fostering service. Some local authorities … Read more

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Unaccompanied Children And PR: Who Takes Responsibility?

Posted on 14 October 2016 by

Baljeet Sandhu, Director of the Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit, Islington Law Centre, describes unaccompanied migrant children as “the most vulnerable group that I and my team have ever worked with. In most cases, by the time they have … Read more

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Skull and Bones of contention

Posted on 11 October 2016 by

Anyone with a smattering of legal knowledge will probably have come across the legal maxim known as the “eggshell skull rule “(sometimes called the thin skull rule). It is a doctrine that applies both to civil and criminal law and … Read more

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Forbes Social Service and Abuse Claims Team shortlisted for Product of the Year at 2016 ALARM Risk Awards

Posted on 25 May 2016 by

We are delighted to announce that Forbes Social Service and Abuse claims team in-house Social Work Consultancy has been shortlisted for product of the year at the 2016 ALARM Risk Awards. The winners will be announced during the ALARM Risk Awards … Read more

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Pressure on Local Authority’s caused by influx of child refugees

Posted on 25 January 2016 by

Under the Children Act 1989, local authorities are under a duty to care for under 18s who arrive in their area from abroad, seeking asylum. This is something that numerous Councils are now faced with, especially those with coastal ports. … Read more

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Sex crimes at an all-time high

Posted on 21 January 2016 by

It has today been reported that sex crimes are at the highest since current reporting methods began in 2003. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that the number of sex offences has risen by 36% in the … Read more

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