Crumbling Justice System Failing Children

A Circuit Judge drew attention to the appalling impact of a failing justice system on the welfare of children: Re K (Inability to Instruct Guardian) [2022] EWFC B4: HH Judge Wildblood QC A year after the parties separated and seven months after the children were joined in proceedings, no effective progress had been made because Cafcass and NYAS had been unable to appoint a social worker because of their workloads, and the Legal Aid Agency would not fund an independent social worker.