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Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Changes to legal aid: education law

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

| CYP Now

The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 will significantly reduce access to legal aid

NCAS Conference: Pre-court work cuts care cases, study finds

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Monday, October 21, 2013

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Pre-proceedings case work in six councils piloting new ways of dealing with care applications cut the number of cases going to court by a quarter, analysis has shown.

Daily roundup: Praise for Lambeth Council, sports coaching and primary school places

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Monday, July 23, 2012

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A letter from the children's minister to Lambeth, the effect of child protection on sports coaching and plans to deal with the population boom, all in today's news roundup.

26-week target ‘could limit help for substance misusing parents'

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

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The effectiveness of a specialist court to tackle parental substance misuse could be undermined as a result of the introduction of the 26-week care proceedings target, academics have warned.

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

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

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

Adoption leaders move to stem drop in placement orders

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

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The body set up to oversee the adoption system has issued guidance in an effort to halt a sharp slump in the number of court orders being made for children to be adopted.

Legal Update: Support for special guardians

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Monday, April 27, 2015

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Coram Children's Legal Centre's Child Law Advice Service (CLAS) is receiving an increasing number of queries about special guardianship. Kelly Reeve, team leader of CLAS, examines this trend.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Legal representation in contact case ruling

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

| CYP Now

A recent case concerned the funding of a legal representative for a father to avoid him having to cross-examine his daughter in court.

Legal Update: Court Report - Extending protective injunctiveorders

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Monday, June 22, 2015

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Case name: Re SO (2015) EWHC 935 Judge Justice Baker

Legal Update: Review of special guardianship

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Monday, September 14, 2015

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Kirsten Anderson, research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a government consultation that will review the use of special guardianship, first introduced in 2005.

Family court improvement forum

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

| CYP Now

Louise Sims, kinship care and fostering consultant at CoramBAAF, discusses the benefits of Quality Circle, an innovative forum to identify good practice developed by the Sussex Family Justice Board.

Support for special guardians

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Monday, September 23, 2019

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at calls for changes to special guardianship orders to ensure that carers are adequately prepared and supported.

In a Nutshell: Children's evidence in court proceedings

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

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New guidelines have been published outlining the circumstances in which children should give evidence in family proceedings

ChildRIGHT: Parenting -- Dangerous presumption on shared parenting

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Monday, September 13, 2010

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Holly Rogalski, legal research and information officer at the Children's Legal Centre, asks if shared parenting orders are in the best interests of the child.

Legal Update: IVF and legal parenthood

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

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Kelly Reeve, senior legal consultant for the Child Law Advice Service, considers recent cases in the High Court Family Division seeking to resolve parentage issues for children born through IVF using a sperm donor.

Legal Update: Cuts hit overseas divorce ruling

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| CYP Now

A recent High Court case illustrates the negative impact legal aid cuts are having on access to justice in family courts, says Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager, Coram Children's Legal Centre.