Legal Update: Court Report - Upper Tribunal to judge on SEN case
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- Tuesday, April 12, 2016 | CYP Now
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Legal Update: Migrant looked-after children
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- Tuesday, March 29, 2022 | CYP Now
With one in 10 children in care being non-British, local authorities need to do more to identify and address their needs, says Marianne Lagrue, policy manager at Coram Children’s Legal Centre.
Legal Update: Care – A protected characteristic?
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- Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | CYP Now
Ellen Broome, managing director of CoramBAAF, explains how making care a protected characteristic would place a duty on organisations to take the needs of care-experienced people into account.
Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Legal implications of young people sexting
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- Monday, July 21, 2014 | CYP Now
"Sexting" is becoming increasingly common among young people, but there are real and serious legal ramifications they should be aware of.
Policies would fail 'family test'
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- Monday, September 1, 2014 | CYP Now
Children's charities have criticised recent government reforms for being anything but family friendly.
Lords vote against plans to restrict legal aid for children
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- Wednesday, March 28, 2012 | CYP Now
Peers have voted against government plans to restrict legal aid for around 6,000 children.
Legal help for migrant children
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- Tuesday, March 29, 2016 | CYP Now
Initiative reduces destitution among migrant children.
Legal Update: Covert recordings as evidence
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- Tuesday, June 21, 2016 | CYP Now
Kelly Reeve, senior legal consultant and team leader for the Child Law Advice Service, considers the implications of cases concerning the use of covert recordings as evidence in family law proceedings.
Legal Update: Illegal Migration Bill
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- Tuesday, April 25, 2023 | CYP Now
Marianne Lagrue, policy and programmes manager in the Migrant Children's Project at Coram Children's Legal Centre, assesses the Illegal Migration Bill's impact on children and agencies.
Legal Update: Keeping children in care safe
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- Tuesday, July 25, 2023 | CYP Now
CoramBAAF head of policy, research and development James Bury on how the vital role of health professionals for care safeguarding was explored at this year’s CoramBAAF Health Conference.
Legal Update: Discharge of SGOs
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- Tuesday, February 1, 2022 | CYP Now
Leonie Jordan, associate legal consultant at CoramBAAF, highlights some of the complex issues and potential instabilities surrounding the process for discharging special guardianship orders.
Legal Update: Court Report - 'Lessons' to help European nationals
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- Monday, September 14, 2015 | CYP Now
Report raises concerns over staff awareness of duties to child immigration detainees
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- Thursday, April 7, 2011 | CYP Now
Holding facilities for immigration detainees have improved in recent years but concerns remain around some issues relating to children, a report has found.
‘Decision fatigue' blights social work practice
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- Monday, April 28, 2014 | CYP Now
Children's social workers avoid making decisions later in the working day due to mental exhaustion, an analysis of child protection practitioners' behaviour has shown.
SEN legislation ‘built on quicksand'
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- Thursday, May 10, 2012 | CYP Now
Campaigners for disabled children have warned ministers that legislation aimed at simplifying processes for children with special educational needs (SEN) will falter because of widespread reductions in specialist support services.
Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Domestic violence
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- Tuesday, March 4, 2014 | CYP Now
Q: What legal steps can a person take to get protection from domestic violence?
Sibling relationships in the care system
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- Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | CYP Now
Children’s services and courts face serious challenges when making care plans or permanence orders for siblings, writes Dr John Simmonds, director of policy, research and development at CoramBAAF.
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: In a Nutshell - Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the UK
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- Tuesday, April 12, 2016 | CYP Now
Marianne Lagrue, project officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines issues faced by unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
Ellie Butler case shows we need scrutiny of family courts
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- Tuesday, July 5, 2016 | CYP Now
How do we respond professionally when things go wrong? How do we act and learn from what has happened? Three specific, but very different, issues have brought this firmly to mind.