Require legal advice before emergency child harm action, ensure 24-hour availability

LAMI-36 Response Historic

Require legal advice before emergency child harm action, ensure 24-hour availability

Recommendation

No emergency action on a case concerning an allegation of deliberate harm to a child should be taken without first obtaining legal advice. Local authorities must ensure that such legal advice is available 24 hours a day.

Jurisdiction

UK-wide

Response

Historic

No government response recorded.

Source

Inquiry Laming Inquiry

Report Laming Inquiry — Final Report 28 Jan 2003

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Themes & Tags

Care safeguarding systems Underinvestment in Children's Social Care Public protection planning Loss of early legal advice

Recommendation age 23.5 yrs

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