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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Table of cases -- Table of legislation -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Using this book -- Legal skills guide: accessing and understanding the law -- 1 SOCIAL WORKERS IN THE ENGLISH LEGAL SYSTEM -- Social workers in the English legal system -- Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights -- An example of how legislation can arise -- Avoiding court and alternative dispute resolution in civil and family cases -- Family justice reform -- Coroner's Court -- Overlap -- Who are the judges? -- What is evidence? -- Some of the courts and tribunals that you might appear in -- Further reading -- 2 RECORD-KEEPING AND HANDLING PERSONAL INFORMATION -- How records can make or break a case -- What the Climbié, Soham and other inquiries can teach us about record-keeping and information-sharing -- Legal requirements when handling personal data -- Official guidance for practitioners and managers -- Seven golden rules for information-sharing -- Keeping data safe -- Handling requests for information -- What opposing lawyers look for -- Further reading -- 3 PRODUCING WRITTEN EVIDENCE -- Key principles for written evidence for criminal, civil and Family Courts -- To whom, by when and for what purpose? -- Your voice, your words -- Sticking to the facts, as recorded -- Stick to what you know and don't stray beyond that -- How to set out your statement -- Children Act applications and the Public Law Outline 2014: Practice Direction 12A -- Key lessons for social workers providing evidence for care proceedings -- Recommendations checklist -- Further reading -- 4 BEING A WITNESS -- What witnesses say about being a witness -- The process of giving evidence -- What courts and judges say -- What's really going on: cross-examination tactics and techniques -- Witness preparation: doing it properly.