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Solicitors’ experiences of representing parents with intellectual disabilities in care proceedings: attitudes, influence and legal processes
- Authors:
- COX Rachel, KROESE Biza Stenfert, EVANS Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 30(2), 2015, pp.284-298.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper reports on an exploratory study of the role of solicitors acting for parents with intellectual disabilities (ID) in public law proceedings. The paper draws on in-depth interviews with 11 solicitors and a subsequent focus group in which the interview findings were presented and reflected on by six of the eleven participants. Two of the five themes that emerged will be discussed here. They are entitled ‘Attitudes and Influence’ and ‘Legal Processes’ and concern the attitudes and influence of those involved in assessing, supporting and representing parents with ID and the care proceedings processes encountered by parents with ID. (Publisher abstract)
Solicitor's experiences of representing parents with learning disabilities in care proceedings: altering practice and coping with stress
- Authors:
- COX Rachel, EVANS Roger, KROESE Biza Stenfert
- Journal article citation:
- Family Law, 44, July 2014, pp.1017-121.
- Publisher:
- Jordan
In the UK parents with learning disabilities are over represented in public law care proceedings and are at a much higher risk of having their children placed outside the birth family. This article outlines possible reasons for this and the impact on solicitors who represent parents with learning disabilities. (Edited publisher abstract)