This week is Child Safety Week run by Child Accident Prevention Trust to raise awareness of the risks of child accidents and how they can be prevented. On day 4 our thoughts turn to other areas where children can be placed at risk.

This week we continue to support Child Safety Week run by Child Accident Prevention Trust to raise awareness of the risks of child accidents and how they can be prevented. Accidents involving children can easily happen inside or outside of the home. There are risks in everything we do but most parents and guardians hope to find the right balance in order to allow children to grow and explore their surroundings. Many accidents are preventable but unfortunately still happen as a result of the negligence of others.

Child Action Prevention Trust are raising awareness of injuries being suffered by children and offer guidance on working together as a community to prevent injury to children, who are of course very vulnerable in society. Children are often unable to recognise dangerous situations in the same way adults are. For example, whilst children are playing it is often the case unfortunately that they step into the road in front of a passing vehicle, or can suffer injuries whilst playing on various apparatus within a play area. In addition, it is becoming easier for children to be targeted by potential abusers. The normality of social media means that children are interacting with strangers on a daily basis who could be posing as children to gain their trust with the intention of abusing the child.

Ramsdens are delighted to announce we have been shortlisted for four prestigious legal awards. We are up for Law Firm of the Year at the Yorkshire Legal Awards 2017.

There has been significant press coverage regarding Rebecca Minnock running away with her three year old son. Rebecca Minnock decided to run away with her son after a Judge ruled that he should live with his father under a Child Arrangements Order.

The Justice Minister, Simon Hughes, announced last week that children aged 10 or over are to be given a greater chance to be heard within care proceedings about their future.

A new report commissioned by Women's Aid, 19 Child Homicides has found that 19 children have died over the past ten years as a result of contact with their Father, a perpetrator of domestic abuse.

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. It's a time to catch up with friends and family and spend quality time with the ones that you love the most.