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Legal Update: Restricting parental responsibility
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- Tuesday, February 2, 2016 | CYP Now
Kelly Reeve, team leader and senior legal consultant for the Child Law Advice Service, examines the restrictions that can be placed on fathers' parental responsibility in order to protect a child's welfare.
Legal Update: Scrutiny of private fostering
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- Tuesday, January 19, 2016 | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines changes to data collection on private fostering arrangements and what further work is needed to safeguard children and young people.
Legal Update: Age assessment guidance
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- Tuesday, October 27, 2015 | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines how long-awaited guidance could help social workers assess the age of children seeking asylum.
Legal Update: Review of special guardianship
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- Monday, September 14, 2015 | CYP Now
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.
Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Vulnerable young people in B&Bs
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- Monday, August 31, 2015 | CYP Now
The Local Government Ombudsman has reiterated that B&B accommodation is not suitable to house homeless young people.
Legal Update: Legal Q&A - LSCBs
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- Tuesday, August 18, 2015 | CYP Now
Q When are local safeguarding children boards (LSCB) required to carry out a serious case review (SCR)?
Legal Update: In a Nutshell - New court order to combat FGM
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- Monday, August 3, 2015 | CYP Now
This month, a new provision came into effect, which provides for the imposition of Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders.
Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Private fostering
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- Tuesday, June 9, 2015 | CYP Now
Q: What is private fostering and when is a private foster carer required to notify the local authority?
Legal Update: Queen's Speech - What's in it for children?
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- Monday, June 8, 2015 | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, Policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the new government's proposed policy and legislative agenda for children and young people.
Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Special guardianship order cases
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- Monday, May 11, 2015 | CYP Now
The Court of Appeal highlights the importance of substantive and procedural protections in special guardianship order cases.
Fewer than two per cent of new FGM cases involve children
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- Wednesday, May 6, 2015 | CYP Now
Only 60 child victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) have been identified by authorities out of thousands of new cases since last September, prompting fears parents are adopting new tactics to evade detection.
Care applications hit seven-year high after CSE scandals
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- Wednesday, April 15, 2015 | CYP Now
Recent child sexual exploitation (CSE) scandals have contributed to a dramatic rise in the number of care applications, say care experts.
Legal Update: Legal aid cuts limit access to justice
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- Monday, April 13, 2015 | CYP Now
Calls are continuing for an urgent review of advice and legal support for children, young people and families, explains Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.
Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Research that involves children
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- Monday, April 13, 2015 | CYP Now
Carrying out research with children raises particular legal and ethical issues that researchers should be aware of.
Battle lines drawn in future of IROs debate
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- Monday, April 13, 2015 | CYP Now
Independent reviewing officers (IRO) appear split over whether to back plans to take the role out of council control.
Give councils powers to issue banning orders to tackle CSE, says LGA
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- Friday, March 27, 2015 | CYP Now
Councils should be given powers to tackle suspected sexual predators with child sexual exploitation (CSE) disruption orders, according to the Local Government Association (LGA).
Legal Update: Ending age-disputed detention
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- Tuesday, March 17, 2015 | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre's Migrant Children's Project, examines the findings of a recent inquiry on immigration detention.
Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Serious Crime Act 2015
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- Tuesday, March 17, 2015 | CYP Now
Q: Does the new Serious Crime Act 2015 introduce any changes that directly concern children?
Legal Update: In a Nutshell - New measures tackle sexual exploitation
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- Tuesday, March 17, 2015 | CYP Now
The government has announced new measures in response to recent reports on institutional failings to protect children.
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