Rebecca Davies
Rebecca works across all areas of family law, including child abduction, relocation, matrimonial finance, and public and private children law.
Before coming to the bar, Rebecca worked on death-row cases as an intern for the Gulf Region Advocacy Centre in Houston, Texas. She has worked in different jurisdictions, including as an intern in Vietnam, and a judicial marshall in Hong Kong.
Rebecca enjoys travelling and watching all forms of sport, and loves to combine the two!
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2017
Experience
- Field Court Chambers (2017 - Present)
- Gulf Regional Advocacy Center (2015 - 2016)
- Mini Pupil, Temple Chambers, Hong Kong (2012 - n/a)
- Marshall, High Court Hong Kong (2012 - n/a)
- Intern, NH Quang & Associates Law Firm, Hanoi, Vietnam (2011 - n/a)
Membership
- Pupillage Committee, Field Court Chambers
- FLBA
Qualifications
- BPTC (2017)
- BA Jurisprudence with European and International Law (2015)
Education
- Merton College. University of Oxford (2011-2015)
- Universiteit Leiden (2013-2014)
- Harvard Summer School (2010)
3 Contributions by Rebecca Davies
PRACTICE NOTES
Advice and assistance duties to looked-after children, care leavers and qualifying persons under the Children Act 1989 and Children and Social Work Act 2017 (England)
Practice Note
Please note that this Practice Note addresses the law as it presently applies in England. In Wales, the legal position is governed by the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 together with its associated statutory instruments. For further reading and detail, see the Practice Note: Local authority duties to looked after children in Wales. This Note aims to support practitioners in understanding local authority obligations towards children and young people who may qualify for advice and assistance, i.e. relevant children.
The material will be of use to practitioners who:
act on behalf of local authorities
represent parents or guardians in care proceedings involving a child aged 16 or 17
advise looked after young people about the duties owed to them by the local authority
advise on, or prepare for, judicial review of a local authority for failing to fulfil their duties under the different legislation
The initial task is to determine whether a child or young person meets the criteria for advice and assistance and, if so, what advice and assistance that child or young person is entitled to...
Local Government
PRACTICE NOTES
Early Help via the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) in England: consent, information sharing, lead professional, multi-agency co-ordination, thresholds for safeguarding referrals, challenges, funding and monitoring
This Practice Note sets out what the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) is and how it operates, co-ordinating voluntary support for children and their families across multiple services. It explains when a CAF is suitable and when more formal intervention is needed.
What is a Common Assessment Framework (CAF) and when is it used?
A CAF is a shared assessment and planning framework used across all children’s services and in every local area in England. The aims and objectives of the CAF are to:
help practitioners working with children, young people and families to identify and assess additional needs
provide earlier, more effective help to prevent, where possible, formal intervention
develop a common understanding of needs and how to work together to meet them
A core aim is to recognise needs early and arrange multi-agency support to prevent matters reaching crisis point. This is vital given the stretched resources of social care, health care and the court system.
The assessment covers three areas:
development of the child or young person
parents and carers
family and environment...
Local Government
PRACTICE NOTES
England: Local authority duties to looked-after children, including section 20, placements, care planning and corporate parenting under the Children Act 1989 and Children and Social Work Act 2017
This Practice Note examines the obligations on a local authority towards children in their care, encompassing those subject to care orders, interim care orders, as well as children accommodated voluntarily by the authority pursuant to section 20 of the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989). It explains the local authority’s duty to safeguard and promote a child’s welfare and to make such services available for children as are reasonable, particularly in relation to placing the child in suitable accommodation and preparing a care plan. Please note, the information in this Practice Note concerns the law as it currently stands in England. The position in Wales is addressed by the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the related statutory instruments. For further reading on Wales, see Practice Notes: Local authority powers and duties to provide accommodation for children in Wales, Local authority duties to looked after children in Wales, and Local authority duties to children in Wales—child protection. This Practice Note has been developed to assist practitioners in navigating local authority duties to children looked after by them...
Local Government
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