Thousands of children spend a night in police detention before appearing in court. Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the law on detention.
Elizabeth Yarrow, senior researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre, summarises recent research that explores the impact of the law on young people's access to sexual and reproductive health services.
Case name: Re TC and JC (Children: Relocation) [2013] EWHC 292 (Fam)
Case number [2013] EWHC 292 (Fam); Judge: Mr Justice Mostyn; Location: The High Court of Justice (Family Division)
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.
Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram
Children's Legal Centre, discusses recent research carried out by the centre in light of an upcoming government inquiry into SRE.