Name: In Harm’s Way: The Memoir of a Child Protection Lawyer
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
SKU: 9780008657871
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Author: Teresa Thornhill
ISBN: 9780008657871

In Harm’s Way: The Memoir of a Child Protection Lawyer

By Teresa Thornhill

HarperCollins Publishers March 2025

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ISBN-13: 9780008657871
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication: March 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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When the system fails the parents, how can it protect the children?

Welcome to the secretive world of the Family Court.

What's it like to act for a father who has recently overcome his drug problem but risks losing his beloved son to foster care?

Or to represent a young mother whose abusive childhood has left her depressed and struggling to cope, to the point where the local authority is seeking to persuade the Family Court to place her small children for adoption?

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‘A vivid account of all the terrible things that can happen to children and all the challenges facing lawyers and social workers in our child protection system which is meant to help and protect them but which struggles to do so. It doesn’t have to be this way so what can be done about it?’ Rt Hon Lady Hale DBE, Formerly President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.