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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.

Guardians maintain child contact levels, study suggests

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  • Friday, November 29, 2013
  • | CYP Now
The amount of time children's guardians spend with children subject to care proceedings has not been adversely affected by the sustained and significant rise in care applications over the past decade, research suggests.

Care applications reach record high

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  • Friday, September 9, 2011
  • | CYP Now
The number of children at risk from abuse and neglect being taken into care has reached a record high, with an extra 60 care orders made every month this year compared to last, figures from the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) have revealed.

Legal Update: Family group conferences

Emily Blackshaw, lead quantitative analyst and Max Stanford, head of impact and evaluation at Coram outline findings from an evaluation of the use of FGCs at the pre-proceedings stage.

Legal Update: ‘Parental involvement' proposal

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  • Tuesday, March 19, 2013
  • | CYP Now
The Children and Families Bill includes a controversial proposal for the presumption of "parental involvement", says Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre

Cafcass chief wary over recent fall in care applications

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  • Wednesday, October 9, 2013
  • | CYP Now
The head of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has dampened hopes that a recent decrease in new care applications represents the start of a sustained fall in children needing protection.

Court Report: Application to relocate children

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  • Tuesday, March 19, 2013
  • | CYP Now
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)