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Asylum-seeking children win compensation after being unlawfully detained

Monday, February 20, 2012

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The Home Office has paid out more than 1m compensation plus 1m costs to 40 asylum-seeking children who were unlawfully locked-up in adult detention centres.

Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action

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Friday, February 17, 2012

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Safeguards to protect children from "intrusive and stressful" bailiffs are to be introduced by the government.

Loss of legal aid spells disaster for parent-child contact, lawyers warn

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Monday, January 9, 2012

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Family lawyers are warning that parents risk losing contact with their children because of reforms to legal aid, ahead of further scrutiny of the legislation in the House of Lords.

Small changes make big difference in cutting offending by looked-after children, study suggests

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Basic improvements to the way children are dealt with in care could lead to significant reductions in offending by looked-after children, a report has suggested.

Essex delays plans to shut children's homes

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Monday, November 28, 2011

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Essex County Council has postponed plans to close seven of its children's homes, after a 17-year-old boy took the local authority to court.

Legality of plans to deport asylum-seeking Afghan children questioned

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Thursday, November 24, 2011

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Proposals to return unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to Afghanistan could be unlawful, Coram Children's Legal Centre has warned.

Manifesto sets out opposition to legal aid changes

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Monday, October 24, 2011

| CYP Now

The government has been told it must protect vulnerable women and children by amending the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.

Councils prompted to step up efforts to improve paperwork in family law cases

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

| CYP Now

Local authorities must improve their quality assurance processes if problems in the family law system are to be successfully overcome, a member of the family justice review panel has said.

Conservative Conference 2011: Exploited children left traumatised by justice system

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

| CYP Now

Specialist sexual exploitation courts should be set up to spare child victims aggressive cross-examination by barristers representing perpetrators, the chief executive of Barnardo's has claimed.

Loughton vows to boost profile of reviewing officers in system reform

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Monday, October 3, 2011

| CYP Now

The government is considering how to eliminate any crossover between the roles of independent reviewing officers (IROs) and children's court guardians ahead of an overhaul of the family justice system to be unveiled this autumn.

Labour Conference 2011: MP blames civil servants for Labour's failure on children's rights

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Labour failed to enshrine the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in law because of opposition from civil servants, the shadow children's minister has claimed.

Care applications reach record high

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Friday, September 9, 2011

| CYP Now

The number of children at risk from abuse and neglect being taken into care has reached a record high, with an extra 60 care orders made every month this year compared to last, figures from the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) have revealed.

Legal aid cuts would deny 6,000 vulnerable children, warns charity

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

| CYP Now

At least 6,000 children will be prevented from accessing legal support as a result of cuts to legal aid, The Children's Society has warned.

The Children's Legal Centre joins the Coram group

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Friday, September 2, 2011

| CYP Now

The Children's Legal Centre has become part of the Coram charity group.

May scraps anonymity for young rioters

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

| CYP Now

The government has called on magistrates to name and shame children involved in last week's riots, Home Secretary Theresa May has said.

Children seek right to have their own voices heard in family court

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Children believe they should be allowed to speak for themselves in family court proceedings if their views will be better represented than adults interpreting their feelings, the children's rights director has found.

Commissioner backs calls to restrict family court reporting

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Friday, July 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Calls for a government U-turn on plans to give the media wider reporting rights on family court cases have been backed by the children's commissioner for England.

ADCS Conference: Teather seeks views on 'stronger children's commissioner'

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Thursday, July 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's minister Sarah Teather has announced that the government is taking the first steps towards legislating for a "stronger and more independent" children's commissioner for England.

Trafficked girl wins age dispute case against council

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

| CYP Now

A Nigerian girl has won a legal battle against a London borough that claimed she was an adult following an age assessment.

50,000 children locked up by police

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

| CYP Now

More than 50,000 children under the age of 16 were held in police cells in 2008 and 2009 it has emerged.

MPs urged to end custody of young people

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

| CYP Now

The Children's Rights Alliance for England (Crae) is urging MPs to end the use of custody for all but the most dangerous young offenders.

Senior police officer questions age of criminal responsibility

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Thursday, May 19, 2011

| CYP Now

One of the country's most senior police officers has suggested the age of criminal responsibility should be treated with more flexibility and greater weight be placed on the maturity of young offenders.

Judge calls on councils to review support for homeless teenagers

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Councils are being urged to improve their support for homeless teenagers, following a damning Court of Appeal judgment against Lambeth Council.

Campaigners brand review of local authority duties 'distasteful'

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's review of local authority statutory duties is "distasteful and damaging" for the protection of children's rights, campaigners have claimed.

Immigration officials detained mother unlawfully

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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

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A High Court judge has ruled immigration officials acted unlawfully in their handling of the case of a mother who was detained for close to a year and separated from her three children.

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Asylum-seeking children win compensation after being unlawfully detained

Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action

Loss of legal aid spells disaster for parent-child contact, lawyers warn

Small changes make big difference in cutting offending by looked-after children, study suggests

Essex delays plans to shut children's homes

Legality of plans to deport asylum-seeking Afghan children questioned

Manifesto sets out opposition to legal aid changes

Councils prompted to step up efforts to improve paperwork in family law cases

Conservative Conference 2011: Exploited children left traumatised by justice system

Loughton vows to boost profile of reviewing officers in system reform

Labour Conference 2011: MP blames civil servants for Labour's failure on children's rights

Care applications reach record high

Legal aid cuts would deny 6,000 vulnerable children, warns charity

The Children's Legal Centre joins the Coram group

May scraps anonymity for young rioters

Children seek right to have their own voices heard in family court

Commissioner backs calls to restrict family court reporting

ADCS Conference: Teather seeks views on 'stronger children's commissioner'

Trafficked girl wins age dispute case against council

50,000 children locked up by police

MPs urged to end custody of young people

Senior police officer questions age of criminal responsibility

Judge calls on councils to review support for homeless teenagers

Campaigners brand review of local authority duties 'distasteful'

Immigration officials detained mother unlawfully

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