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The law on hate crime
- Author:
- HEARD Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 15(3), 2013, pp.164-166.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Structured in a question and answer format, this article provides an overview of the Law Commission's review of hate crime offences, provides information on key stages of the review. The author also explains the consultation stage of the review and how to get involved in the consultation. The Law Commission wants to make sure that people who could be affected by any changes to the law on hate (Edited publisher abstract)
ASBO update: part 3
- Authors:
- MITCHELL Ed, KAZANTZIS Phillip
- Journal article citation:
- Justice of the Peace, 22.10.05, 2005, pp.832-834.
- Publisher:
- Butterworth
The authors provide a legal update of recent case law in relation to Anti Social Behaviour Orders.
The Social Housing Ombudsman (Wales) Regulations 2005: statutory instrument 2005 no. 1816 (W.145)
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Section 228 of the Housing Act 2004 inserts section 51B (Investigation of complaints) into the Housing Act 1996 (“the 1996 Act”). These Regulations are made under section 51B of the 1996 Act and make provision in relation to investigation by the Social Housing Ombudsman for Wales (“SHOW”) of complaints made against social landlords in Wales as defined in section 51C(1) of the 1996 Act. By virtue of section 51A (Social Housing Ombudsman for Wales) of the 1996 Act the person who is the Local Commissioner for Wales is also SHOW. Regulation 3 sets out the matters about which complaints may be made. Regulation 4 sets out the grounds on which a matter may be excluded from investigation. Regulation 5 specifies persons who may make a complaint. Regulation 6 sets out the power of SHOW to investigate a complaint. The procedure to be followed in the conduct of investigations is dealt with in regulation 7. Regulation 8 requires SHOW to make a written determination in respect of a complaint. Regulation 9 includes provision for SHOW to refer a complaint to an appropriate alternative method of resolution. Regulation 10 deals with consultation and co-operation with other persons. Regulation 11 sets out the manner in which determinations and special reports are to be communicated and published.
The Restriction on the Preparation of Adoption Reports Regulations 2005: statutory instrument 2005 no. 1711
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
These Regulations provide for restrictions on the preparation of adoption reports for the purposes of section 94(1) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002. Regulation 3 provides that a person is within a prescribed description for the purposes of section 94(1) of the Act if he is a social worker employed by or acting on behalf of an adoption agency and satisfies the appropriate conditions in paragraph (2) or he is a person who is participating in a social work course and is employed by or placed with an adoption agency as part of that course and satisfies the condition in paragraph 2(b). Regulation 4 provides that the prescribed circumstances for the purposes of section 94(1) of the Act are the preparation of reports for specified purposes of, as the case may be, the Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005, any corresponding provision made by the National Assembly for Wales under section 9 of the Act, or the Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005, the preparation of pre-adoption and post-adoption reports in intercountry adoption cases and reports in accordance with section 43 or 44(5), or for the purposes of section 84(1), of the Act.
Social work in the British Isles
- Editors:
- PAYNE Malcolm, SHARDLOW Steven M.
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 281p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Comparative study looking at social work in the different parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland. Contains chapters on: identity, history and engagement in British social work; social work in England; social work in late modern Ireland; social work in Northern Ireland; social work in Scotland; social work in Wales; social work in Guernsey; and continuities and differentiations in social work in the British Isles.
Changing the law
- Author:
- WATT Stuart
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 22.6.95, 1995, p.9.
Compares the Children (Northern Ireland) Order and the Children (Scotland) Bill with the Children Act 1989.
Interprofessional and inter-agency collaboration (IPIAC): key policy and legislation with implications for interprofessional and inter-agency collaboration (IPIAC): a timeline of examples 1968-2008
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Place of publication:
- London
One of a series of e-learning resources which explore the nature of interprofessional and inter-agency collaboration (IPIAC) and improving collaborative practice. The resource provides an interactive timeline of collaboration-related policy and legislation from 1968 to 2008. It aims to help the reader find collaboration-related examples of policy, commissioned reports and legislation in England and Wales with additional examples relating to people who use care services and to carers.
No longer a civil matter? The design and use of protection orders for domestic violence in England and Wales
- Authors:
- BATES Lis, HESTER Marianne
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 42(2), 2020, pp.133-153.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This paper assesses the design and use of protection orders for domestic violence in England and Wales. It draws on data from 400 police classified domestic violence incidents and 65 interviews with victims/survivors, as well as new analysis of government justice data from England and Wales, to address a gap in literature on protection orders.The paper identifies an increasing civil-criminal ‘hybridisation’ of protection orders in England and Wales, and argues that a dual regime has developed, with orders issued by police and/or in criminal proceedings increasingly privileged (and enforced) over victim-led civil orders. Whilst protection orders are being used – as intended – flexibly to protect domestic violence victims, the way they are applied in practice risks downgrading domestic violence in criminal justice terms. The conclusions are especially timely in light of current Government proposals to rationalise protection orders by introducing a single overarching Domestic Abuse Protection Order in England and Wales. (Publisher abstract)
No age limit: the hidden face of domestic abuse
- Author:
- AGE UK
- Publisher:
- Age UK
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- London
This campaign report looks at the extent of domestic abuse experienced by older people in England and Wales and the barriers that older people can face in reporting abuse. It includes case studies of victims and survivors to highlight the different types of abuse older people can experience. They include the cases of older people who have been abused by their carers, partners, and adult children. The report calls on the Government to ensure that the needs of older people are included in new legislation addressing domestic abuse. Specifically, it calls for: changes to the definition of domestic abuse; additional training for health care practitioners to improve recognition of abuse; the collection of data on domestic abuse for all ages; and for better links between the NHS and police to ensure older victims of abuse are properly supported and protected. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mandatory reporting seminar 2: a summary report
- Author:
- INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
- Publisher:
- Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 17
- Place of publication:
- London
A summary of discussions from a seminar to consider the arguments for and against the introduction of mandatory reporting legislation in England and Wales, and the practical considerations involved in introducing a law. It also considered mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse in different Australian states and barriers that particular communities experience in reporting child sexual abuse (Edited publisher abstract)