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Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Parental involvement law comes into effect

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Courts must presume that, unless otherwise shown, involvement of both separating parents in a child's life will further the child's welfare.

Legal Update: Children's voices in proceedings

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Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Jen Roest, Coram Children's Legal Centre's research and project's officer, takes a look at recent developments concerning children's voices being heard within UK family justice proceedings.

Legal Update: Impact of Immigration Act 2014

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Monday, September 15, 2014

| CYP Now

The coalition's first piece of immigration legislation makes changes to the immigration system that will affect children, explains Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Court Report: Appeal against interim orders

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Monday, September 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Case name: K (Children) (2014) EWCA Civ 1195 Case number (2014) EWCA Civ 1195

Daily roundup: Child protection, free schools, and foetal alcohol syndrome

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Monday, September 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Guidance issued on foreign child protection cases; report criticises free schools' record; and foetal alcohol syndrome on the rise in Teeside, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Democracy, care applications, and parenting

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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

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Childcare minister brands celebrity's no vote message "sad"; care applications rise again; and children with married parents less antisocial than those brought up in unmarried homes say researchers, all in the news today.

Court Report: Children can stay in Bangladesh

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Monday, August 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Case name: Re H Case number: EWCA Civ 1101 [2014]

Research Report: Capturing the Scale and Pattern of Recurrent Care Proceedings

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Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Researchers examine data relating to mothers repeatedly involved in care proceedings, with multiple children being taken into care.

Daily roundup: Youth centres, children's services and leadership

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Charities set to take on running of Liverpool youth centres; tri-borough arrangements to be reviewed by Labour; and new DCS appointed in Southwark, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Care applications, school holidays and social care

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Thursday, July 10, 2014

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Data reveals increase in care applications; police chief urges leniency for school term-time leave requests from officers; and president of children's services directors criticised for social worker comments, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Court Report - Application for the return of a child

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Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Case name B v B Case number [2014] EWHC 1804

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Increase in the use of McKenzie friends

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Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

An increase of litigants in person in family court proceedings has led to a rise in the use of McKenzie friends to support these litigants.

Daily roundup: Early education, youth employment, and care proceedings

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Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Labour to look at boosting school nurseries; fewer young people in work than over-50s; and figures reveal number of mothers with multiple children taken into care, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: School hours, family courts, and e-cigarettes

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Thursday, June 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Education minister wants extended school opening times; proposals for family courts to be opened to public; and warning over e-cigarette use among children, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Care figures, inspections row and education funding

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Care applications continuing to fall; Wilshaw appears to back down in no-notice school inspection row; and fair-funding formula for education authorities unlikely before next election, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Missing babies, nurture groups, and play

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Monday, June 9, 2014

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Nearly 20 babies reported missing from council care; research backs value of nurture groups; and £1.9m boost for play in Scotland, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Job support, family courts and child poverty

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

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Intensive support trialled for jobless 16- and 17-year-olds not receiving benefits; adoption hearing cancelled due to lack of translators; and report reveals impact of recession on child poverty, all in the news today.

Pre-case work pays dividends

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Monday, May 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Early intervention with troubled families has helped many authorities reduce the number of care proceedings.

Legal Update: Court Report - Special guardianship and adoption orders

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Monday, May 26, 2014

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Daily roundup: Asylum, free school meals and early intervention

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Thursday, May 22, 2014

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Report warns of "disgraceful" conditions for child asylum seekers at Heathrow Airport; head teachers criticise insufficient free school meals funding; and charity calls for greater early intervention support, all in the news today.