11 Mar, 2025 | Child Protection
Victorian authorities took at least 29 days to initiate investigations into over 2,600 child protection cases during the last financial year. The data also reveals that the state allocates less funding per child for care services compared to any other state or...
15 Sep, 2022 | Child Protection
TP Legal’s Third Supreme Court Appearance TP Legal were once again involved in a monumental Supreme Court Appeal, a proud moment for our highly skilled and dedicated team. In our third case taken to the Supreme Court, we acted for a mother who was in the process of...
11 Jul, 2022 | Child Protection
Frontline workers are leaving the child protection sector in droves because of lack of support and feeling defeated by the volume and nature of cases. Liana Buchanan, Victoria’s Principal Commissioner for Children and Young People, says that it is a common...
17 Jun, 2022 | Child Protection
Former children in state care and child protection employees believe Australia’s child safety system has developed craters as children are compelled to stay with sexual predators and suffer broken bones. This article first appeared on ABC News (28 Mar, 2022)...
1 Nov, 2021 | Child Protection
TP Legal’s Push to Define the Scope of a Parent In a recent child protection case, the definition of a parent needed to be finessed, to determine which was the most appropriate Children’s Court order that could be made on behalf of our client; a 10-year-old female....
11 Jul, 2021 | Child Protection
TP Legal’s Second Supreme Court Appearance Shortly after our first Supreme Court case, our team was involved in yet another important Supreme Court decision. As the majority of law firms don’t get an opportunity to go to the Supreme Court, this was almost...
