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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:

    2020

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    37

    Categories:

    Abroad, Newborn

    Care order for baby whose mother left country

  • Year:

    2020

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    36

    Categories:

    Neglect

    Application for care order adjourned, insufficient proof of neglect to reach the required threshold

  • Year:

    2020

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    35

    Categories:

    Neglect

    Three-month supervision order for three children who suffered serious neglect

  • Year:

    2020

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    34

    Categories:

    Emotional Abuse, Neglect

    One-year care order granted for young child suffering emotional abuse and neglect

  • Year:

    2020

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    33

    Categories:

    Domestic Violence, Witnessed Domestic Abuse

    Interim care order for four children amid domestic violence allegations

  • Year:

    2020

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    32

    Categories:

    Addiction, Drugs, Neglect

    Care order till 18 for children whose parents have addiction problems

  • Year:

    2020

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    31

    Categories:

    Addiction, Homelessness

    Care orders for two children, mother homeless with addiction issues

  • Year:

    2020

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    30

    Categories:

    Alcohol, Domestic Violence, Drugs

    Care order granted because of alcohol, drugs and domestic violence

  • Year:

    2020

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    29

    Categories:

    Addiction, Domestic Violence, Voice Of The Child

    Full care order to age 18 for teenage boy who “just wanted to be put first” by parents

  • Year:

    2020

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    28

    Categories:

    Addiction, Alcohol, Neglect

    Interim care orders made amid allegations of neglect and alcohol abuse

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.