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Family lawyers, social workers, children’s guardians and thecourts will know that the Public Law Outline has brought aboutsignificant changes in the procedures operating in public lawapplications under the Children Act 1989. This review constitutesthe perspective of two who are frequently in public lawproceedings, one of whom has detailed knowledge of computing.

Aim of the Programme

The aim of ‘PLO Pro’is to help case management underthe Public Law Outline and so ‘PLO Pro’ will be ofparticular interest to legal and social work professionals workingin the public law field. It is intended that everyone who workswith the PLO can do their work efficiently, accurately and quicklyand that by using the programme, delays can be reduced.

Constituents of the Programme

‘PLO Pro’consists of a booklet and a CD-Rom. Users ofthe programme can customize standard variable directions, and puttogether an order in accordance with Practice Direction. Thebooklet contains a thorough account of the practices under thePublic Law Outline. There are a number of useful templatedocuments. There is an easily accessible resources section,containing inter alia, the 2008 department guide on court orders.There is easy access to the Integrated Children’s System, theframework for working with children in need and their family, whichis part of the government’s Every Child Matters programme.When it comes to ensuring that the timetables in the PLO are kept,there is an easy to use ‘hearing window calculator’.There are readable flowcharts for pre-court proceedings and courtproceedings procedures.