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In a Nutshell: Applying for a ?residence order

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

| CYP Now

Parents who do not live together can apply for a residence order and the courts will decide which parent the child should live with

Daily roundup: Praise for Lambeth Council, sports coaching and primary school places

Other

Monday, July 23, 2012

| CYP Now

A letter from the children's minister to Lambeth, the effect of child protection on sports coaching and plans to deal with the population boom, all in today's news roundup.

Vox Pop: Should both parents get legal rights to see children?

Other

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

| CYP Now

A government consultation asks if courts should assume that contact with both parents benefits children

Court Report: Council appeals care responsibility

Other

Monday, June 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Court Report: Appeal over adoption ruling

Other

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

| CYP Now

In a Nutshell: Public Law Outline ?aids care practitioners

Other

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Child protection practitioners should have an understanding of ?the PLO, which aims to remedy problems in care proceedings

Families and Children Bill to reform SEN and adoption systems

News

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

| CYP Now

The Queen has outlined the details of a new Families and Children Bill in her first speech to parliament since the coalition was formed in 2010.

In a Nutshell: Proposals to reduce delays in care cases

Other

Monday, February 20, 2012

| CYP Now

In its response to the Family Justice Review, the government proposes fundamental reforms to reduce delays in care cases

Court Report: Application to change residence

Other

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

| CYP Now

Case name EF v MGS; Case number [2011] EWHC 3139 (FAM); Judge Holman J; Location High Court

In a Nutshell: Children's evidence in court proceedings

Other

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

| CYP Now

New guidelines have been published outlining the circumstances in which children should give evidence in family proceedings

Loss of legal aid spells disaster for parent-child contact, lawyers warn

News

Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Family lawyers are warning that parents risk losing contact with their children because of reforms to legal aid, ahead of further scrutiny of the legislation in the House of Lords.

Manifesto sets out opposition to legal aid changes

News

Monday, October 24, 2011

| CYP Now

The government has been told it must protect vulnerable women and children by amending the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.

Councils prompted to step up efforts to improve paperwork in family law cases

News

Thursday, October 20, 2011

| CYP Now

Local authorities must improve their quality assurance processes if problems in the family law system are to be successfully overcome, a member of the family justice review panel has said.

Loughton vows to boost profile of reviewing officers in system reform

News

Monday, October 3, 2011

| CYP Now

The government is considering how to eliminate any crossover between the roles of independent reviewing officers (IROs) and children's court guardians ahead of an overhaul of the family justice system to be unveiled this autumn.

Care applications reach record high

News

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 aid cuts would deny 6,000 vulnerable children, warns charity

News

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

| CYP Now

At least 6,000 children will be prevented from accessing legal support as a result of cuts to legal aid, The Children's Society has warned.

The Children's Legal Centre joins the Coram group

News

Friday, September 2, 2011

| CYP Now

The Children's Legal Centre has become part of the Coram charity group.

Children seek right to have their own voices heard in family court

News

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Children believe they should be allowed to speak for themselves in family court proceedings if their views will be better represented than adults interpreting their feelings, the children's rights director has found.

Commissioner backs calls to restrict family court reporting

News

Friday, July 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Calls for a government U-turn on plans to give the media wider reporting rights on family court cases have been backed by the children's commissioner for England.

Voice of the child in the Family Justice Review

Features

Friday, July 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's Legal Centre legal researcher Jo-Anne Prud'homme looks at strengthening children's participation rights in family court proceedings.

ChildRIGHT: In a nutshell - Separating couples must now consider mediation

Other

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

| CYP Now

Revised legislation means separating and divorcing couples must now consider mediation before taking their case to the law courts.

ChildRIGHT Ask the Expert: The role of Cafcass

Other

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

| CYP Now

Family justice review urges system overhaul

Other

Monday, April 4, 2011

| CYP Now

More than a year since it was launched, the family justice review has published its recommendations to address the multitude of issues facing a system that has remained largely the same for more than two decades.

ChildRIGHT Ask the Expert: Family mediation

Other

Monday, March 7, 2011

| CYP Now

What is family mediation and when is it used?

Court Report: Application for move to Australia

Other

Monday, March 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Case name: C (A Child) (2011); Case number: [2011] EWCA Civ 72; Judge: Lord Justice Wilson and Lord Justice Toulson; Location: Court of Appeal

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In a Nutshell: Applying for a ?residence order

Daily roundup: Praise for Lambeth Council, sports coaching and primary school places

Vox Pop: Should both parents get legal rights to see children?

Court Report: Council appeals care responsibility

Court Report: Appeal over adoption ruling

In a Nutshell: Public Law Outline ?aids care practitioners

Families and Children Bill to reform SEN and adoption systems

In a Nutshell: Proposals to reduce delays in care cases

Court Report: Application to change residence

In a Nutshell: Children's evidence in court proceedings

Loss of legal aid spells disaster for parent-child contact, lawyers warn

Manifesto sets out opposition to legal aid changes

Councils prompted to step up efforts to improve paperwork in family law cases

Loughton vows to boost profile of reviewing officers in system reform

Care applications reach record high

Legal aid cuts would deny 6,000 vulnerable children, warns charity

The Children's Legal Centre joins the Coram group

Children seek right to have their own voices heard in family court

Commissioner backs calls to restrict family court reporting

Voice of the child in the Family Justice Review

ChildRIGHT: In a nutshell - Separating couples must now consider mediation

ChildRIGHT Ask the Expert: The role of Cafcass

Family justice review urges system overhaul

ChildRIGHT Ask the Expert: Family mediation

Court Report: Application for move to Australia

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