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15th View from the President’s Chambers: care cases: the looming crisis
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In my last View published in September
[2016] Fam Law 1102 I drew attention to the seemingly relentless rise in the number of new care cases. The fact is that we are approaching a crisis for which we are ill-prepared and where there is no clear strategy to manage the crisis. What is to be done?
I start with the figures. The most accessible and up-to-date figures (in each case for the year from April to March) are those published by Cafcass:
2005-6
| 6 613
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2006-7
| 6 786
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2007-8
| 6 241
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2008-9
| 6 488
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2009-10
| 8 832
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2010-11
| 9 203
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2011-12
| 10 255
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2012-13
| 11 110
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2013-14
| 10 620
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2015-16
| 12 781
| Apr-Aug: 5 059
| Sept-Mar: 7 722
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2016-17
| 14 713(e)*
| Apr-Aug: 6 219
| Sept-Mar: 8 494 (10%)
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2016-17
| 15 485(e)*
| Apr-Aug: 6 219
| Sept-Mar:... |
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