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Support for special guardians

    Features
  • 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.

Care applications hit three-year low

    News
  • Wednesday, April 10, 2019
  • | CYP Now
The number of children's care applications made by councils to family courts has hit a three-year low, falling five per cent year-on-year.

Munby calls for integration of youth and family courts

    News
  • Thursday, November 2, 2017
  • | CYP Now
The highest-ranking family judge in England and Wales has called for a major shake-up of courts that hear cases involving children by amalgamating them into a single court that considers both criminal and welfare issues.

The optimum place

    Features
  • Tuesday, October 31, 2017
  • | CYP Now
As the number of children in care continues to rise, Joe Lepper examines how commissioners are juggling the perennial challenge of placing children according to their needs at reasonable cost.

Legal Update: How to tackle repeat removals

    Features
  • Tuesday, October 31, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, explores the need to address the problems of parents who lose successive children in repeat care proceedings.