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.
Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the situation of vulnerable families with "no recourse to public funds", due to their immigration status.
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.
Q. Is there going to be an appeal against the High Court's decision to reject the challenge against the lawfulness of the government's rules on legal aid for victims of domestic violence?
Awaz Raoof, international research officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, takes a look at two recent judgments of the Family Division of the High Court regarding councils' handling of care proceedings.
The Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) initiative is to be expanded across five more areas after a £2.5m investment through the government's Children's Social Care Innovation Fund.