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A new report by senior civil servant David Norgrove sets out proposals for a large scale overhaul of the family law system. Prominent within the report is the proposal that grandparents are given legal rights to maintain contact with their grandchildren after a family breakdown or divorce.
The government is keen on this idea, recognising the vital role many grandparents play, but sound child protection practice will require consideration in each case of whether contact with the grandparents will truly benefit the child. In a few instances it will not. Often these matters are not straightforward.
The plans are to make the arrangements through parenting agreements drawn up with the help of a mediator, rather than through potentially confrontational hearings in court. However, these may prove difficult for grandparents to enforce given the reduction in public funding available for family matters.
How good is a right like this if it cannot be enforced?
Nazareth Care Charitable Trust which operates a care home in Bonnyrigg, Scotland, recently received a fine after a resident at one of its care homes suffered a fatal injury after falling down a flight of stairs.
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The concept of Assumption of Responsibility is on many stakeholders’ minds at the moment following the Supreme Court decision in CN & GN v Poole.
Sussex Partnership NHS Trust was sentenced on 14 June 2019 for failing to provide safe care and treatment to a 19 year old inmate being cared for on the hospital wing of Lewes Prison, Jamie Osborne.
It was announced on 15 May 2019 that “more than 120 MPs have written to the government asking for an inquiry into how family courts in England and Wales treat victims of domestic violence.”
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