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  • Give someone else a voice

    4 Brick Court's running team took part in the Great South Run (10 miles in Portsmouth on 26th October)on behalf of a favourite charity and your support would be greatly appreciated by the many children who have come to depend on VOICE.  VOICE is a charity entirely dedicated to giving support advice and assistance to the 60,000 children in care in the UK at any one time.

     

    The team from chambers included Jacqui Gilliatt, Louise MacLynn, Francis Cassidy, Lee Pearman and Paul Carver, joined by Jacqui's husband, John Sullivan, his friend David Parkinson and Jacqui's friends Carolyn & Tim Cobbold.

    You can log on to our Just Giving website and translate our pounding the pavements of Portsmouth in to pounds for this charity.

    Alternatively we will be happy to receive cheques made out to Voice at 4 Brick Court.

     

    Click to find out more about VOICE

  • New files on 4bc Website

    We have recently added to our website - the June 2008 updater - the Jargon Buster from A to Z (in  Family Law General) & the Family Law Bibliography (also in Family Law General).

  • Standard of Proof in Care Proceedings

    The House of Lords ruled on 11th June 2008 in an appeal in which three members of  4 Brick Court Chambers appeared before their Lordships on 19th and 20th May 2008. Marianna Hildyard QC and Isabelle Watson represented the Respondent father and Stuart Fuller (led by Stephen Cobb QC of 1 Garden Court Chambers) represented the Appellant children (through their Children’s Guardian). CAFCASS intervened.

  • Domestic Violence Practice Direction

    This Practice Direction came into force on 9.5.08.  See also the comments of Robert Stevens reported on the Family Law Week blog.

  • PLO Guidance for London

    Judge Altman, the Designated Judge for London, has issued an Initial Local Plan for London dated 10th April 2008in respect of the implementation of the Public Law Outline (which is already in force). It applies to the London Care Centre which means the PRFD & Barnet, Kingston & Croydon County Courts & is relevant also to cases transferred into those courts from the FPCs.

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Link Icon Barefoot Social Worker

Radical social work site exploring a class-based approach to social work with some thought-provoking articles.

Link Icon BUBL Links: Social Work

BUBL links to social work websites.

Link Icon Care and Health.com

Social work led organisation committed to improving the level of care delivered in the UK no less. Practical information, circulars, articles and good links.

Link Icon NAGALRO

The National Association of Guardians ad Litem & Reporting Officers is professional association representing Guardians, Child & Family Reporters & independent social workers. Useful policy & research documents and information about the work of Guardians.

Link Icon National Council for Voluntary Child Care Organisations

An umbrella organisation whose members are all registered charities that work with children, young people and their familiies. Useful links to the websites of member organisations, family centre network, publications etc.

Link Icon School of Social Science & Policy, King`s College, London

Information on the site about the research being carried out at King`s. King`s has recently become the home to the National Institute for Social Work.

Link Icon Scottish Institute for Residential Social Care

This site has an excellent searchable library and current awareness bulletin with articles about residential care.

Link Icon Social Care Institute for Excellence

SCIE has been set up in England & Wales with a view to improving the quality and consistency of social care. It aims to promote evidence bases social care and best practice.

Link Icon Social Care Online

Vast site of social work resources including caredate: the social care knowledge base (articles, research reports etc), SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence) documents, information about social work research, summaries of research, teach yourself tutorial for social workers - well worth a visit.

Link Icon Social Work Stuff

A gateway site for internet resources for the student,social worker, academic or teacher.

Link Icon Write Enough

UK website containing online interactive training materials for social workers about case recordings (cd can also be ordered). Interesting section on the pitfalls of poor recording.