Court and Legal Skills

Penny Cooper is Professor of Law, Kingston University, UK.

• 1. Introduction2. Social Workers in the English Legal System3. Record Keeping and Handling Personal Information4. Producing Written Evidence5. Being a Witness6. Working with Other Professionals in the Legal World7. Helping to Give Children, and Vulnerable Witnesses and Defendants a Voice in the Legal System8. Dealing with Outcomes.

'Professor Penny Cooper has produced an admirably concise and accessible guide to the legal issues facing social workers appearing in court. It will do much to demystify the court process and is full of sound, practical advice for social workers preparing for a hearing. It will be especially helpful to social workers new to family court proceedings. I heartily commend a book which might also benefit not a few lawyers.' - Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, High Court of England and Wales