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Legal Update: FDAC works to keep families united

Monday, March 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at the role of the Family, Drug and Alcohol Court in keeping children with their families and cost-savings its work can bring.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Research that involves children

Other

Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Carrying out research with children raises particular legal and ethical issues that researchers should be aware of.

Legal Update: Legal aid for children at risk

Other

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

| CYP Now

Kelly Reeve, team leader and senior legal consultant for the Child Law Advice Service, considers the legal aid rules for children at risk of abuse and examines how the law leaves this group more vulnerable to harm.

Witness anonymity is vital to child safety

Opinion

Friday, June 24, 2011

| CYP Now

The task of keeping children safe is already full of perils and hazards. Now two legal cases may have just made it harder to be an expert witness in child protection cases.

ChildRIGHT: In a Nutshell -- The prevention of child abduction

Other

Monday, September 13, 2010

| CYP Now

How the police and the courts can support parents who fear their child has been or is about to be taken out of the UK without their permission.

ChildRIGHT Interview: Carolyn Regan, interim managing director, Coram Children's Legal Centre

Features

Monday, October 31, 2011

| CYP Now

Legal Update: Treatment of trafficking victims

Other

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

A recent case makes important rulings about the treatment of child trafficking victims in criminal cases, says Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager, at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Social work leaders criticise landmark child protection ruling

News

Monday, September 9, 2013

| CYP Now

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has spoken out against a landmark legal ruling allowing a father to post a video of police and social workers removing his baby under an emergency protection order.

Section 47 Inquiries help protect children

Other

Monday, April 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Local authorities are duty-bound to undertake an investigation where children are considered to be at risk of "significant harm"

Daily roundup: Emotional abuse, Youth Parliament, and consent age

Other

Monday, November 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Police officers back efforts to make child emotional cruelty an offence; Youth Parliament sets its policy priorities for coming year; and political parties reject calls to cut age of sexual consent, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child health, inspection reform, and mental health

Other

Monday, January 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Labour pushes for ban on smoking in cars carrying children; Gove gives Wilshaw vote of confidence over think tank reports; and children with mental health problems still detained in police cells, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child protection, numeracy education, and youth services

Other

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Child sex offenders in Sussex identified through disclosure scheme; building society to offer numeracy training for pupils; and moves to reduce youth service cuts in Wiltshire, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Be alert to signs of child trafficking

Features

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

| CYP Now

Stewart MacLachlan, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, explores the risks facing child victims of trafficking and reasons for the low levels of prosecution for trafficking offences.

Legal Update: Understanding the difference in care plans

Features

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

| CYP Now

The Child Law Advice Service explores the different options children's services have when dealing with looked-after children.

Legal Update: Special guardianship orders

Features

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

| CYP Now

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.

Daily roundup: Children's services, leadership and child protection

Other

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Hampshire children's services receive "good" Ofsted judgment; Salford DCS to become Solihull chief executive; and Bristol gets new child protection service, all in the news today.

Move to clarify the law on emotional abuse and neglect divides sector

Other

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Hailed by charities as a vital step in improving the protection of vulnerable children who are treated cruelly, the proposed new law on emotional abuse and neglect is branded impractical, unworkable and unnecessary by others.

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Consent required when taking a child overseas

Other

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Q. A parent I advise wants to take her 10-year-old child overseas to visit her family for Christmas. Will she need the consent of the child's father, who she has separated from, though was never married to?

Criminal justice system fails sex abuse victims, warns report

News

Friday, December 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Victims of child sex abuse are being failed by the criminal justice system, an inspection report has concluded.

Legal Update: Court Report - Dublin decision on asylum claim

Other

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Denying refugee children protection

Features

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

| CYP Now

With new asylum legislation going through parliament, Joyinola Layonu, legal and policy assistant at the Migrant Children’s Project at Coram Children’s Legal Centre, looks at concerns for children’s rights.

Court Report: Disclosure of an abuse assessment

Other

Monday, November 8, 2010

| CYP Now

Case name: A County Council v SB; Case number: (2010) EWHC 2528 (Fam); Judge: Sir Nicholas Wall;Location: High Court of Justice (Family Division)

Legal Update: Child abuse inquiry - what now?

Other

Monday, October 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Frances Trevena, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at the impact that recent resignations will have on the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.

Court Report: Threshold criteria met in care case

Other

Friday, April 9, 2010

| CYP Now

Case name: Birmingham City Council v AG and others; Case number: [2009] EWHC 3720 (Fam); Judge: Mrs Justice King DBE; Location: High Court of Justice Family Court; Date: 6 March 2010

Court Report: Appeal to disclose child's identity

Other

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

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Legal Update: FDAC works to keep families united

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Research that involves children

Legal Update: Legal aid for children at risk

Witness anonymity is vital to child safety

ChildRIGHT: In a Nutshell -- The prevention of child abduction

ChildRIGHT Interview: Carolyn Regan, interim managing director, Coram Children's Legal Centre

Legal Update: Treatment of trafficking victims

Social work leaders criticise landmark child protection ruling

Section 47 Inquiries help protect children

Daily roundup: Emotional abuse, Youth Parliament, and consent age

Daily roundup: Child health, inspection reform, and mental health

Daily roundup: Child protection, numeracy education, and youth services

Legal Update: Be alert to signs of child trafficking

Legal Update: Understanding the difference in care plans

Legal Update: Special guardianship orders

Daily roundup: Children's services, leadership and child protection

Move to clarify the law on emotional abuse and neglect divides sector

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Consent required when taking a child overseas

Criminal justice system fails sex abuse victims, warns report

Legal Update: Court Report - Dublin decision on asylum claim

Denying refugee children protection

Court Report: Disclosure of an abuse assessment

Legal Update: Child abuse inquiry - what now?

Court Report: Threshold criteria met in care case

Court Report: Appeal to disclose child's identity

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