Recommendation 151: Representation before Hearings

From The Report of the Inquiry into the Removal of Children from Orkney in February 1991, published 27 October 1992.

Recommendation

In considering the whole question of the representation of children and of their parents before Children’s Hearings attention should be paid to the necessity to avoid the introduction of any formal or adversarial character into the proceedings (18.33).

Jurisdiction: UK-wide

Page: 361

Reference: Summary of Recommendations, no. 151

Government response

No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.

Delivery

No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.

Source

Inquiry Orkney Inquiry

Report The Report of the Inquiry into the Removal of Children from Orkney in February 1991 27 Oct 1992

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Vulnerable child care Legal aid access for digitally excluded

Recommendation made 34.0 years ago