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Legal Update: Call for action plan on FGM

Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

The home affairs committee has published a report calling for a national action plan on female genital mutilation. Catrin Gosby, researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the report's proposals.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Legal implications of young people sexting

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

"Sexting" is becoming increasingly common among young people, but there are real and serious legal ramifications they should be aware of.

Move to clarify the law on emotional abuse and neglect divides sector

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

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Hailed by charities as a vital step in improving the protection of vulnerable children who are treated cruelly, the proposed new law on emotional abuse and neglect is branded impractical, unworkable and unnecessary by others.

Daily roundup: Child protection, mental health and early years

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Monday, May 19, 2014

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Academics criticise government plans to outsource children's social care; NHS England raises concerns over failure to meet child mental health needs; and nursery to investigate after toddler found wandering streets, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Court Report - Child found at risk of psychological harm

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Monday, April 28, 2014

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Daily roundup: Care proceedings, teacher training, and physical education

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

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Social workers to get help understanding care proceedings legislation; teacher training on SEN insufficient; and most pupils "not bothered" by loss of competitive school sport, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Children's services, leadership and child protection

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

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Hampshire children's services receive "good" Ofsted judgment; Salford DCS to become Solihull chief executive; and Bristol gets new child protection service, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Emotional cruelty

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Monday, April 14, 2014

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Legal Update: Care of unaccompanied children

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Monday, April 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Draft proposals on the care of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and trafficked children are a welcome step but could go further, argues Rachel Hutchings, researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Daily roundup: Homelessness, legal system, and children's services

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Housing benefits freeze sees young people stuck in hostels; Cafcass completes government department move; and social enterprise takes over Richmond and Kingston children's services, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Alcohol abuse, nursery inspections, and classroom behaviour

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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

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Council seeks compensation for looked-after child affected by mother's drinking; third of early years providers rated less than good; and teacher suspended for taping noisy pupils' mouths shut, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Domestic violence

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Q: What legal steps can a person take to get protection from domestic violence?

Daily roundup: Child protection, numeracy education, and youth services

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Child sex offenders in Sussex identified through disclosure scheme; building society to offer numeracy training for pupils; and moves to reduce youth service cuts in Wiltshire, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Barring orders

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Q. What are "barring orders"?

Daily roundup: Fuel poverty, sexual offences, and the benefit cap

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Monday, January 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Families planning to cut down on food to cover heating costs; 20 per cent rise in sexual offences against children; and 33,000 now affected by government benefit cap, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Business and children's rights

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Thursday, January 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a child's right to access a remedy for rights violations caused by transnational business operations.

Legal Update: Protecting young social networkers

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

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Coram Children's Legal Centre's Awaz Raoof and Julie Latrille report on the findings of a study conducted by the NSPCC on the experiences of 11- and 12-year-olds on social networking sites.

Daily roundup: Child poverty, child protection and troubled families

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Monday, December 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Child poverty at lowest level for a generation, study finds; five-year-old taken into care for being overweight; and "turned around" troubled families in Sunderland don't get jobs, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Emotional abuse, Youth Parliament, and consent age

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Monday, November 18, 2013

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Police officers back efforts to make child emotional cruelty an offence; Youth Parliament sets its policy priorities for coming year; and political parties reject calls to cut age of sexual consent, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: homelessness, child abuse, and healthy eating

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Monday, November 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Long-term B&B use reaches decade-high; ex-DPP says professionals who fail to report child abuse should be prosecuted; and families cut back on healthy food due to cash shortage, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Apprenticeships, Baby Peter and legal aid

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Friday, November 1, 2013

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MPs to vote on Apprenticeships Bill; Baby Peter mother freed from prison; and union calls for Clegg to halt further legal aid cuts, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Court Report - Father appeals denial of contact

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Case name: M (Children) Case number (2013) EWCA Civ 1147

Daily roundup: Library closures, free childcare, and DNA swabs

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Monday, September 23, 2013

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Children's laureate criticises government failure to stop library closures; Labour outlines free childcare plans; and Welsh police have taken the DNA of 5,000 children, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Treatment of trafficking victims

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

A recent case makes important rulings about the treatment of child trafficking victims in criminal cases, says Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager, at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Taking a child abroad

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

| CYP Now

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Legal Update: Call for action plan on FGM

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Legal implications of young people sexting

Move to clarify the law on emotional abuse and neglect divides sector

Daily roundup: Child protection, mental health and early years

Legal Update: Court Report - Child found at risk of psychological harm

Daily roundup: Care proceedings, teacher training, and physical education

Daily roundup: Children's services, leadership and child protection

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Emotional cruelty

Legal Update: Care of unaccompanied children

Daily roundup: Homelessness, legal system, and children's services

Daily roundup: Alcohol abuse, nursery inspections, and classroom behaviour

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Domestic violence

Daily roundup: Child protection, numeracy education, and youth services

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Barring orders

Daily roundup: Fuel poverty, sexual offences, and the benefit cap

Legal Update: Business and children's rights

Legal Update: Protecting young social networkers

Daily roundup: Child poverty, child protection and troubled families

Daily roundup: Emotional abuse, Youth Parliament, and consent age

Daily roundup: homelessness, child abuse, and healthy eating

Daily roundup: Apprenticeships, Baby Peter and legal aid

Legal Update: Court Report - Father appeals denial of contact

Daily roundup: Library closures, free childcare, and DNA swabs

Legal Update: Treatment of trafficking victims

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Taking a child abroad

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