In this final 2024 issue of our children’s right legal digest we focus on a series of recent assessment decisions of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman to draw attention to the criteria which determine whether a complaint made to the Ombudsman is accepted or not. We share an overview of the legal framework which governs the Ombudsman’s jurisdiction and powers, and the ‘assessment code’ applied by the Ombudsman to each submitted complaint to decide whether it can be investi...
