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Legal Update: Covert recordings as evidence

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  • Tuesday, June 21, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Kelly Reeve, senior legal consultant and team leader for the Child Law Advice Service, considers the implications of cases concerning the use of covert recordings as evidence in family law proceedings.

Legal Update: Illegal Migration Bill

Marianne Lagrue, policy and programmes manager in the Migrant Children's Project at Coram Children's Legal Centre, assesses the Illegal Migration Bill's impact on children and agencies.

Legal Update: Keeping children in care safe

CoramBAAF head of policy, research and development James Bury on how the vital role of health professionals for care safeguarding was explored at this year’s CoramBAAF Health Conference.

Legal Update: Discharge of SGOs

    Features
  • Tuesday, February 1, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Leonie Jordan, associate legal consultant at CoramBAAF, highlights some of the complex issues and potential instabilities surrounding the process for discharging special guardianship orders.

SEN legislation ‘built on quicksand'

    News
  • Thursday, May 10, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Campaigners for disabled children have warned ministers that legislation aimed at simplifying processes for children with special educational needs (SEN) will falter because of widespread reductions in specialist support services.

Sibling relationships in the care system

    Features
  • Tuesday, February 25, 2020
  • | CYP Now
Children’s services and courts face serious challenges when making care plans or permanence orders for siblings, writes Dr John Simmonds, director of policy, research and development at CoramBAAF.

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.

Legal Update: Support for Afghan children

    Features
  • Tuesday, October 26, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Marianne Lagrue, policy manager, Coram Children’s Legal Centre, assesses what political upheaval in Afghanistan means for the support that councils should provide to looked-after children and care leavers.

Legal Update: Social media and adoption

Alexandra Conroy Harris, legal consultant at CoramBAAF, on how the ease of social media contact between adopted children and birth families is a challenge that could reset expectations for all parties.

Legal Update: Special guardianship orders

Serious case review highlights need for rigorous assessments when placing a child with a special guardian, writes Kamena Dorling, head of policy & programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre.