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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:

    2017

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    14

    Categories:

    Foster Care Rights

    Foster carers seek enhanced rights for child in their care

  • Year:

    2017

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    2

    Categories:

    Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse

    Full care order for sexually abused child after 14 day hearing

  • Year:

    2017

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    17

    Categories:

    Domestic Violence

    GAL brings concerns to court after order made

  • Year:

    2017

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    5

    Categories:

    Mental Health, No Mental Health Service, Special Care

    Girl discharged home from secure unit attempts suicide

  • Year:

    2017

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    3

    Categories:

    Mental Health, UK / United Kingdom

    High Court hears girl detained on “unethical” basis in UK

  • Year:

    2017

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    7

    Categories:

    Placement Breakdown, Unaccompanied Minor

    High Court hears unaccompanied minor in immigration system for 12 years

  • Year:

    2017

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    20

    Categories:

    Access, Voice Of The Child

    Interim Care Order extended for young girl

  • Year:

    2017

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    15

    Categories:

    Sexual Abuse

    Interim Care Orders extended for three children due to sex abuse allegations

  • Year:

    2017

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    18

    Categories:

    Access

    Mother disengages from access “finding it too hard”

  • Year:

    2017

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    22

    Categories:

    Access

    Mother trying to build a relationship with children

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.