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Legal Update: Review of special guardianship

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: Court Report - 'Lessons' to help European nationals

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

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: Young people stay put to get ahead

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Monday, August 31, 2015

| CYP Now

Care leavers are still not reaching their full potential. Amber Rowsell, trainee solicitor at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines whether an increase in the use of staying put arrangements could be the answer.

Children's charity closures prompt leaders to call for investigation

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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The collapse of Kids Company and the British Association for Adoption & Fostering has raised questions over the charities' management. CYP Now assesses the factors behind the closures and what impact they will have.

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Wardship

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Monday, August 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Q. What is wardship and when is it used?

Legal Update: Government rights failings exposed

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Monday, July 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's charities have launched a damning report highlighting the government's failure to prioritise children, reports Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

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 - The law on surrogacy and its implications

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Monday, May 25, 2015

| CYP Now

Surrogacy, where a woman becomes pregnant with the intention of giving the child to someone else after birth, raises crucial legal issues.

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Personal adviser

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Monday, May 25, 2015

| CYP Now

Q. What is the role of a personal adviser?

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.

Legal Update: Court Report - Rejection of natural parent presumption

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Monday, May 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Skills for the Job: Providing advice on legal aid

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Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

With legal aid becoming more difficult to obtain, it is vital that vulnerable children and young people receive accurate advice.

Government under pressure to introduce legal guardians for trafficked children

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Friday, January 23, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has come under fresh pressure to introduce legal guardians for trafficked children after Northern Ireland became the first country in the UK to introduce them.