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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.

Family court improvement forum

Louise Sims, kinship care and fostering consultant at CoramBAAF, discusses the benefits of Quality Circle, an innovative forum to identify good practice developed by the Sussex Family Justice Board.

Legal Update: Cuts hit overseas divorce ruling

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  • Tuesday, October 15, 2013
    • | CYP Now
A recent High Court case illustrates the negative impact legal aid cuts are having on access to justice in family courts, says Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager, Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Guardians maintain child contact levels, study suggests

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  • Friday, November 29, 2013
    • | CYP Now
The amount of time children's guardians spend with children subject to care proceedings has not been adversely affected by the sustained and significant rise in care applications over the past decade, research suggests.

Care applications reach record high

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  • Friday, September 9, 2011
    • | CYP Now
The number of children at risk from abuse and neglect being taken into care has reached a record high, with an extra 60 care orders made every month this year compared to last, figures from the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) have revealed.

Legal Update: Family group conferences

Emily Blackshaw, lead quantitative analyst and Max Stanford, head of impact and evaluation at Coram outline findings from an evaluation of the use of FGCs at the pre-proceedings stage.

Legal Update: ‘Parental involvement' proposal

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  • Tuesday, March 19, 2013
    • | CYP Now
The Children and Families Bill includes a controversial proposal for the presumption of "parental involvement", says Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre

Cafcass chief wary over recent fall in care applications

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  • Wednesday, October 9, 2013
    • | CYP Now
The head of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has dampened hopes that a recent decrease in new care applications represents the start of a sustained fall in children needing protection.

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