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Legal Update: Guide to supervision orders

    Features
  • Tuesday, November 29, 2022
    • | CYP Now
James Bury, head of policy, research and development at CoramBAAF, outlines the implications of the Public Law Working Group’s new draft best practice recommendations on supervision orders.

Legal Update: Kinship care arrangements

Clare Seth, kinship consultant at CoramBAAF, analyses the impact that proposed government reforms following the Care Review will have for kinship carers and the children they look after.

Immigration health surcharge

    Features
  • Wednesday, January 2, 2019
    • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs, examines the impact on young migrants of the increased immigration health surcharge that must be paid when making an immigration application.

EU national children in the UK

    Features
  • Tuesday, February 14, 2017
    • | CYP Now
Some EU national children living in the UK may be British but not know it, so it is important families are aware of their rights, says Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Legal Update: Kinship care and the Care Review

Alexandra Conroy Harris, legal consultant at CoramBAAF, explains how proposals in the Care Review to encourage more children to be placed in kinship care arrangements could have unintended consequences.

Legal Update: Disabilities and school exclusions

    Features
  • Tuesday, September 25, 2018
    • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the impact of a landmark ruling on school exclusions for children with special educational needs and disabilities.

Assessing age of asylum seekers

Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at the potentially harmful consequences of children seeking asylum having their ages disputed by immigration officials.

Legal Update: Care leavers and the 'local offer'

    Features
  • Tuesday, September 26, 2017
    • | CYP Now
Stewart MacLachlan, legal & policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at recent changes in leaving care support, including the introduction of the "local offer" and support for young migrants.

School admissions framework: Legal update

The current primary school admissions process continues to lead to poorer outcomes for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children, says Richard Oldershaw of the Child Law Advice Service.

Legal Update: Rights over exclusions

Machela Boampong, senior paralegal at Coram Children’s Legal Centre, and Dr Simon Gallacher, a freelance education research and policy adviser, on an analysis of school exclusions in North Kensington in London.

Legal Update: Migrant looked-after children

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: Advocacy and school inclusion

    Features
  • Tuesday, September 26, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Dr Anna Harris, clinical psychologist at Coram’s Creative Therapies team and Qaisar Sheikh, head of education law at Coram Children’s Legal Centre, outline an approach to tackling school exclusion.

Legal Update: Illegal Migration Bill

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

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: Care and immigration status

    Features
  • Wednesday, December 22, 2021
    • | CYP Now
Aayad Lami, solicitor at Coram Children’s Legal Centre, explains what support councils should provide to non-British children in care to ensure their immigration issues are identified earlier.

Legal Update: Discharge of SGOs

    Features
  • 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: UN adopts complaints protocol

    Features
  • Monday, January 23, 2012
    • | CYP Now
Children whose rights have been violated will soon be able to complain to an international committee, writes Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

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