Victoria Climbié ten years on: Interview with Lord Laming

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THURS 11/03/2010 - Last month marked ten years since Victoria Adjo Climbié, a little eight-year-old girl born near Abidjan in the Ivory Coast, died in London following months of horrific cruelty, torture and neglect.

Her murder at the hands of her great-aunt Marie-Therese Kouao and Kouao's boyfriend, Carl Manning, prompted the largest ever review of child protection arrangements in the UK which was headed by Lord Laming. Although most of his 108 recommendations became law in the 2004 Children Act, a new report by Lord Laming following the death of baby Peter Connelly, who died in August 2007 in similar circumstances to Victoria, concluded his reforms were not widely implemented.

Top family law post vacant after challenge to government critic

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article7048954.ece

• One senior judge said: “It is an appalling state of affairs, not to know who is taking over.” Another said: “An appointment like this is usually announced several months ahead. There is no explanation as to what is going on.” 
•  Sir Nicholas, whose expertise is in children’s cases, warned that without proper funding, the family justice system “would implode and it is the children who will suffer most”.

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