New Homepage 2025

Reporting on child care proceedings in the District Court in May 2025.

Falling Through the Cracks: An Analysis of Child Care Proceedings from 2021 to 2024

Latest volume of court reports from 2024

A summary of findings from 10 years of reporting

Year:

2022

Volume:

2

Case number:

44

Categories:

Access, Autism, CAMHS, Disability

Judge praises the good work being done to improve the quality of access visits for a young child with special needs
Year:

2022

Volume:

2

Case number:

43

Categories:

Foster Care, Funding

Judge directs meeting to decide funding of high security fence in foster home of very vulnerable young child
Year:

2022

Volume:

2

Case number:

42

Categories:

Access, Missing In Care / Absconding / Running Away, Residential Placement

Media alert sought for two sisters who absconded from their respective private residential units
Year:

2022

Volume:

2

Case number:

41

Categories:

No Allocated Social Worker

Judge criticises lack of continuity and professionalism following changeover of child’s social worker
Year:

2022

Volume:

2

Case number:

40

Categories:

Criminality, Placement Breakdown

Judge highly critical of sudden termination of vulnerable youth’s placement by a private placement provider
Year:

2022

Volume:

2

Case number:

39

Categories:

Access

Access application to visit ill mother denied because of lack of evidence on mother’s health
Year:

2022

Volume:

2

Case number:

38

Categories:

Disability

Work ongoing to agree terms of reference for parental capacity assessment of parents of very sick child with extensive care needs
Year:

2022

Volume:

2

Case number:

37

Categories:

Africa, Behavioural Problems, CAMHS, Disability, Ethnic Minority, Mental Health, Residential Placement

Shared care arrangement hoped for in case of African girl with special needs
Year:

2022

Volume:

2

Case number:

36

Categories:

Autism, Change Of Placement, Disability, Section 47

Mother’s application to have child moved to new placement adjourned
Year:

2022

Volume:

2

Case number:

35

Categories:

Placement Breakdown

Review adjourned where girl experienced multiple placement breakdowns

This follows the discontinuation of its reporting in July 2024, as the contract with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) was coming to an end. We are very pleased that we signed a new two-year Agreement with the DCEDY in March and the members of our reporting panel have agreed to resume their work.

Over a twelve-year period, the Project provided information to the public on the operation of the child care system in the courts with the aim of promoting transparency and accountability. It published 1,050 individual court reports and a number of analytical research reports, all of which are available on this website.

`New Homepage 2025`

Reporting on child care proceedings in the District Court in May 2025.

`Judge praises the good work being done to improve the quality of access visits for a young child with special needs`

`Judge directs meeting to decide funding of high security fence in foster home of very vulnerable young child`

`Media alert sought for two sisters who absconded from their respective private residential units`

`Judge highly critical of sudden termination of vulnerable youth’s placement by a private placement provider`

`Access application to visit ill mother denied because of lack of evidence on mother’s health`

`Work ongoing to agree terms of reference for parental capacity assessment of parents of very sick child with extensive care needs`

`Shared care arrangement hoped for in case of African girl with special needs`

`Mother’s application to have child moved to new placement adjourned`

`Review adjourned where girl experienced multiple placement breakdowns`

Reporting on child care proceedings in the District Court in May 2025.

Judge praises the good work being done to improve the quality of access visits for a young child with special needs

Judge directs meeting to decide funding of high security fence in foster home of very vulnerable young child

Media alert sought for two sisters who absconded from their respective private residential units

Judge criticises lack of continuity and professionalism following changeover of child’s social worker

Judge highly critical of sudden termination of vulnerable youth’s placement by a private placement provider

Access application to visit ill mother denied because of lack of evidence on mother’s health

Work ongoing to agree terms of reference for parental capacity assessment of parents of very sick child with extensive care needs

Shared care arrangement hoped for in case of African girl with special needs

Mother’s application to have child moved to new placement adjourned

Review adjourned where girl experienced multiple placement breakdowns

`New Homepage 2025`

`Judge praises the good work being done to improve the quality of access visits for a young child with special needs`

`Judge directs meeting to decide funding of high security fence in foster home of very vulnerable young child`

`Media alert sought for two sisters who absconded from their respective private residential units`

`Judge criticises lack of continuity and professionalism following changeover of child’s social worker`

`Judge highly critical of sudden termination of vulnerable youth’s placement by a private placement provider`

`Access application to visit ill mother denied because of lack of evidence on mother’s health`

`Work ongoing to agree terms of reference for parental capacity assessment of parents of very sick child with extensive care needs`

`Shared care arrangement hoped for in case of African girl with special needs`

`Mother’s application to have child moved to new placement adjourned`

`Review adjourned where girl experienced multiple placement breakdowns`