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Family fortunes
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.9.00, 2000, p.25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
October 2000 sees the Human Rights Act 1998 come into force. This article, the last of a four-part series, examines articles 12 and 14 of the Act in relation to social care.
No place like home
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.10.95, 1995, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Changes in regulations concerning permanent housing could spell disaster. Investigates how this will impact on homeless vulnerable people.
Holy orders
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.9.00, 2000, p.25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
On the 2 October the Human Rights Act 1998 comes into effect. This report looks at its impact on social care and examines article 9.
Trials and tribulations
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.9.00, 2000, p.25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
In the second in a four-part series on how the Human Rights Act 1998 affects social care, the author looks at the articles 6 and 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which has been incorporated into the act.
The liberty bell tolls
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.9.00, 2000, p.25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Human Rights Act 1998, which incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights for the first time into British law, comes into force on 2 October. In the first of a four-part the author examines its impact on social care. Explores Articles 2, 3 and 5.
A moral minefield
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.7.00, 2000, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Charities are caught between having a legal obligation to maximise their investments and a moral obligation to invest in ethical companies. The author examines their dilemma.
Law in action
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.9.99, 1999, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Enmeshed in often conflicting legal obligations, social services departments are increasingly being called to court to justify their decisions. The author reports on the costs and benefits of asking judges to decide.
One pair of eyes
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.10.98, 1998, p.31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Guardians ad litem form part of a complex web of children's court services. Describes how moves are afoot to rationalise the system.
Youth justice: the tough love regime
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.5.98, 1998, p.1.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Outlines the key measurements to combat youth crime in the Crime and Disorder Bill.
Last word
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.9.95, 1995, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on an quirk in the law which means people with dementia may be forced into a nursing home against their wishes.