Protecting Children

 

I'm married to a family barrister and have several friends who are judges who sit in Family Courts.

The basic problem is not enough money is put in to Child Protection by the Government.

1. Legal Aid is being cut, so often cases are badly represented, as new barristers with large amounts of University and training debt can't afford to do the work.

2. My wife, who has been doing this work for many years, retires in a few years and so do many of her colleagues in the legal profession. Who will do this important child protection work in the future?

3. The Government is not appointing enough judges and cases are often delayed because there is no judge. How long before a child is murdered because of this delay?

4. Social workers are badly paid and there are not enough of them.

What would we do without the good work done by charities?