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Legal Update: Reforms threaten access to justice

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  • Tuesday, February 5, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Proposed reforms of judicial review risk creating barriers to children seeking access to justice, argues Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer for the Migrant Children's Project at Coram Children's Legal Centre

Legal Update: Proposed legal aid policy unlawful

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  • Monday, August 4, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The government's proposed residence test for civil legal aid has been held to be unjustifiable by the High Court, explains Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre

Legal Update - Refugees face education barriers

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  • Monday, September 3, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, policy and programme manager for Coram Children's Legal Centre's Migrant Children's Project, discusses the obstacles refugee and migrant children face in accessing education

Legal Update: Abuse linked to faith or belief

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  • Monday, September 17, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Jo-Anne Prud'homme, legal researcher for the Coram Children's Legal Centre, discusses the national action plan to tackle child abuse linked to faith or belief, published in the wake of the Kristy Bamu case

Human rights of migrant children

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  • Monday, October 1, 2012
  • | CYP Now
The human rights and treatment of unaccompanied migrant children and young people is now the focus of an inquiry, reports Kamena Dorling, Coram Children's Legal Centre's policy and programmes manager

Legal Update: 'Parental involvement' presumption

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  • Tuesday, January 21, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines an amendment to Clause 11 of the Children and Families Bill that clarifies "parental involvement".

Legal Update: Inquiry into child wellbeing

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  • Tuesday, February 18, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a recent Unicef report that ranks the UK 16th out of 29 rich countries in terms of child wellbeing.

Legal Update: Legal win over student finance

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  • Tuesday, August 18, 2015
  • | CYP Now
The Supreme Court has ruled that the eligibility criteria for student loans are unjustifiably discriminatory, explains Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Legal Update: Migrants' access to healthcare

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  • Monday, May 11, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, Coram Children's Legal Centre's policy and programmes manager, raises concerns about recent restrictions on migrants' access to healthcare which present a barrier to children's wellbeing.

Legal Update: Restricting parental responsibility

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  • Tuesday, February 2, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Kelly Reeve, team leader and senior legal consultant for the Child Law Advice Service, examines the restrictions that can be placed on fathers' parental responsibility in order to protect a child's welfare.