Latest Legal News
Justice system must ensure wellbeing of prisoners' children, say campaigners
Children’s welfare should be considered at every stage of the criminal justice system when their parents are facing detention or imprisonment, a group of charities is urging.
Government ‘flouts promise on children's rights’
Government is failing to deliver on a promise of checking how policies affect children’s rights, a report has claimed.
Government admits placing young offenders in adult jails
The government has been accused of breaking an international treaty on children’s rights after it emerged that young offenders are being transferred from youth custody to adult prisons.
- Justice system must ensure wellbeing of prisoners' children, say campaigners
- Government ‘flouts promise on children's rights’
- Government admits placing young offenders in adult jails
- Magistrates' Association backs decision to release 12-year-old sex offender
- Young people wish for quicker family justice system
- Government urged to put special educational needs reforms on hold
- Unicef calls on government to enshrine children's rights in UK law
- Young people demand sound recording cameras in youth custody settings
- Judicial review to examine treatment of 17-year-olds in police custody
- Young victims of domestic violence to be recognised in revised legal definition
Children And The Law In Depth
Legal Update: Cuts will deny access to justice
The government is consulting on dramatic changes that will determine children and young people’s access to justice, says Anita Hurrell of the Migrant Children’s Project at Coram Children’s Legal Centre.
Legal Update: Asylum age disputes cause harm
Lengthy legal disputes over the age of asylum-seeking children have a damaging effect on their lives, says Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children’s Legal Centre
Legal Update: Rights of 17-year-olds in custody
A recent case has ruled that 17-year-olds be treated as children when arrested and held in police custody, says Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children’s Legal Centre.
Legal Update: Education for children in custody
Proposals to introduce secure colleges are unlikely to achieve the government’s aim of rehabilitating offenders, says Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children’s Legal Centre
Latest Court Reports
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Court Report: Judge issues guidance on applications to revoke freeing orders
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Legal Update: Court Report – Transfer of care proceedings from Ireland to England
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Court Report: Application to relocate children
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Court Report: Sperm donors apply for contact orders
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Daily roundup: Childcare vouchers, Birmingham children's services and deaf children
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Court Report: Appeal to disclose child’s identity
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Legal Update: Court Report – Age assessments for asylum seekers
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Court Report: Forced marriage protection orders
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Court Report: Disclosure of serious allegations
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Court Report: Judgment on dual habitual residence
