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The future of legal aid provision

    Features
  • Tuesday, February 26, 2019
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram, examines recent announcements by the government relating to the provision of legal aid and access to justice for vulnerable children

Children missing education

    Other
  • Tuesday, February 26, 2019
  • | CYP Now
Growing concern over the number of "children missing education" has prompted calls for more support and oversight for home educators.

Child abduction from the UK

    Features
  • Tuesday, January 29, 2019
  • | CYP Now
In the wake of a raft of changes to family law in the event of Brexit, Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs, examines the legal framework around child abduction from the UK.

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.

Legal Update: Council homelessness failings

    Features
  • Tuesday, November 27, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram, examines the lessons from a recent ombudsman investigation into the accommodation of a vulnerable homeless 17-year-old boy.

County lines: child victims of crime

    Features
  • Tuesday, October 30, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines new measures intended to improve the response to county lines and child criminal exploitation.

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.

Legal Q&A: What is PSHE?

    Features
  • Thursday, September 6, 2018
  • | CYP Now
The PSHE Association defines personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) as "a non-statutory curriculum subject which develops the knowledge, skills and attributes all pupils need in order to keep healthy and safe and to prepare them for life and work in modern Britain".

Children in care: immigration legal aid

    Features
  • Tuesday, August 28, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the government's decision to reinstate legal aid for looked-after children with immigration issues.

Post-Brexit status of EU citizens

Ban Hussein, project officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the government's recently published proposals for the status and rights of European Union citizens in the UK after Brexit.

Legal Update: Special Guardianship Orders

Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines reports of a continuing lack of support from councils in relation to Special Guardianship Orders.